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#28947 | The Local Bar | 3.06 | 2.33 | HogwartsGirl05 | You are the owner of "The Local Bar", a failed tavern turned bookstore and coffee shop. You have been working nonstop for three years to get your business off the ground. Your hard work has paid off.
Your business is one of the most popular in town. Your employees have become dear friends and have earned your trust a... | Authors and their books have been changed.
Blood is not considered to be a color.
Joie is a girl. | Josh - Deliveries, Red, Blood and Gold, Andrew Greeley
Joie - Inventory/Paperwork, Blue, Giovanni's Gift, Wilson Rawls
Luke - Cashier, Green, Irish Whiskey, Anne Rice
Nell - Helping Customers, Gold, Where the Red Fern Grows, Robert Hellenga
Shawn - Food and Drinks, Black, The Fall of the Sparrow, Bradford Morrow | Logic-Grid | 03/06/06 |
#39668 | Clever Jenny II | 2.89 | 2.27 | mosca | Jenny's friend Tom had invited his boss over for dinner and asked Jenny to cook her famous Greek lamb stew for the occasion. Tom bought the lamb, olives, and wine listed in the recipe. She browned the lamb and added tomatoes, onions, and spices while Tom made a salad. Tom opened the bottle of cooking wine he had bou... | She added one ingredient. | She peeled a potato, diced it finely, and added it to the stew. The potato absorbed the extra salt and saved the dinner. | Situation | 12/18/07 |
#27752 | Clubbed Into Submission | 2.09 | 2.68 | norcekri | Nora sat on the clubhouse verandah ("Aspirate the final 'h', deah; it shows you pay attention") of the Uppity Pines Golf Club, nursing an honest-to-goodness mint julep. If she'd known how potent the things were, she never would have ordered a second one. She blamed it on the cute little mint leaves. Still, she had o... | Rex drew a penalty under PGA rules. | The video, plus Rex's own testimony, showed him using four woods, eight irons, a sand wedge, and both putters -- a total of 15 clubs. PGA rules allow only 14 clubs in the bag. The penalty for extra clubs is two strokes per hole, but no more than four strokes in a round.
Rex quickly reviewed the clubs he'd used, and... | Mystery | 12/29/05 |
#15595 | Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #5 | 2.29 | 1.88 | mad-ade | This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch.
1, Happy Bird ?
2, Stinky Dessert ?
3, Easy Chin Dent ?
4, Slack Elk ?
5, Tossed Pebble ? | No hint available. | 1, Pleasant Pheasant
2, Smelly Jelly
3, Simple Dimple
4, Loose Moose
5, Thrown Stone | Language | 11/28/03 |
#45336 | Missing Letters From 5 Words #8 | 2.47 | 1.83 | nogoodnames | What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words?
A___ED
CA___H
EC___SE
___ASE
TU___ | No hint available. | LIP.
ALIPED
CALIPH
ECLIPSE
LIPASE
TULIP | Language | 09/22/09 |
#21288 | Quocorrian Math 1 | 2.07 | 2.98 | CPlusPlusMan | While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements.
While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the... | The system is not a number system (decimal, binary, hexadecimal...), but a variation of the way we do math. | 81.
In this system of Quocorrian math, you change the operation to its opposite (+ to -, * to / and vice versa), and solve regularly. Then, you subtract three from that answer. Finally, you square that to get your answer. | Math | 03/01/05 |
#45305 | Equality | 2.31 | 1.9 | wicked_one | What mathematical signs do you have to use to make the following equality possible?
1 1 1 = 6 | No hint available. | (1 + 1 + 1)! = 6 | Math | 09/17/09 |
#3313 | Sandy Egg | 2.83 | 1.71 | bighippo4 | Can you decipher what I am trying to say?
THE SANDY EGG KAZOO | The answer does not have to do with letter placement. Try saying the words aloud. | The San Diego Zoo | Rebus | 04/07/02 |
#37992 | In Hot Pursuit | 2.35 | 2.05 | Pat3033 | In March 1476, an inmate had escaped from his cell. It didn't take long for the guards to notice he was gone, so they sent a horse rider after him. The rider had been just a few feet from the escaped prisoner, but stopped and just stood there staring at him. The prisoner got away that night. How could it have been po... | No hint available. | The prisoner had jumped on a raft in raging water, and the horse could not handle the water. | Situation | 08/28/07 |
#25047 | Letter Up | 2.7 | 1.82 | safire2191 | What do these letters have in common?
a b c g i j o p q r t u y | No hint available. | The way they sound are also words:
a = a
b = be/bee
c = see/sea
g = gee
i = I
j = jay
o = oh
p = pee/pea
q = cue
r = are
t = tea/tee
u = you
y = why | Language | 08/03/05 |
#1457 | KCART | 2.34 | 1.31 | psychodude57 | What is represented here?
KCART | No hint available. | Back Track | Rebus | 11/19/01 |
#50392 | 50 Years And ... | 2.39 | 2.11 | dalfamnest | ...NWEOVREDR | Read it with the title - Happy Anniversary? | Never a cross word
(NEVER has been written across WORD.) | Rebus | 07/08/14 |
#39058 | All What You Can | 2.34 | 2.09 | majd | What is this expression?
evo
r | No hint available. | Bent over backwards.
("over" is bent in a right angle while spelled backwards) | Rebus | 11/04/07 |
#31089 | Letter Pairs IX | 2.69 | 2.4 | phrebh | Here are 48 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 16 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 16 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle.
AD AL AW BO CK CR CT DI ER ER ET EX EX FA HE HE IG IN IN ... | Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them.
The theme is Maternity Clothes. | 1. MOTHER
2. ADDING
3. TALCUM
4. EXPECT
5. RATTLE
6. NIPPLE
7. INFANT
8. TICKLE
9. YELLOW
10. CRAWLS
11. LABORS
12. ORIGIN
13. TEETHE
14. HEALTH
15. EXPAND
16. SISTER
The theme is Maternity Clothes. | Language | 06/15/06 |
#25719 | Valentines Mayhem | 2.89 | 1.16 | phantomgal | Misty and her friends all received something from their boyfriends for Valentines Day. Try to figure out who gave what to whom with what color wrapping paper.
People who received the gifts: Jess, Misty, Allie, Anisa, Raina
Gifts: earrings, ring, flowers, bracelets, CD
Boyfriends: Jake, Ben, Max, Joey, Jeremy.
Wrap... | Misty had a bouquet of roses, and Max liked Jess. | Jess, bracelets, Max, red
Misty, flowers, Jeremy, blue
Allie, earrings, Jake, purple
Anisa, CD, Joey, Spongebob
Raina, ring, Ben, yellow | Logic-Grid | 09/01/05 |
#38449 | Four Numbers | 2.38 | 2.18 | lips | In the equation A234+1B34+12C4+123D=12345, each letter represents a digit. Can you get them? | No hint available. | The ones digits read 4+4+4+D=5 (or 15), so D=3 to make 15. Carry 1 to the tens digits.
The tens digits read 3+3+C+3+1=4 (or 14), so C=4 to make 14. Carry 1 to the hundreds digits.
The hundreds digits read 2+B+2+2+1=3 (or 13), so B=6 to make 13. Carry 1 to the thousands digits.
The thousands digits read A+1+1+1+1=12,... | Math | 09/24/07 |
#5297 | Recognition | 2.28 | 1.44 | mad-ade | What is this well known phrase?
CFRAOCWED | No hint available. | A face in the crowd | Rebus | 07/07/02 |
#24413 | Thief | 2.86 | 1.66 | sweetime | Ten years ago a bank robbery was committed by Fast Frankie and one of his accomplices. To this day his accomplice is unknown. Fast Frankie had served 5 years in jail, refusing to give up his accomplice, and the location of the missing cash and jewels. Fast Frankie had deliberately not told his accomplice where the mone... | No hint available. | When the police officers arrived at Frankie's house, they found a large number of holes dug up and down the west bank of the river that ran through Frankie's property. Johnny had dug up and down it until he managed to find the missing stash. | Mystery | 07/10/05 |
#29690 | Murder in a Word | 2.91 | 1.73 | Xpert007 | A donkey behind another donkey
I'm behind that second donkey
But there is a whole nation behind me
It is a murder you can describe in a word. | No hint available. | Ass ass i nation
Assassination | Riddle | 04/11/06 |
#11051 | Struck Down | 2.25 | 2.26 | jimbo | One hundred people stand in a row
Each has a rank from go to whoa
Every fifth one is struck from the line
This is repeated time after time
'til at last there is only five left in line
What is the original rank of the one on the end this time? | They line up numbered from 1 to 100 and every fifth person leaves the line. This continues till only 5 remain. | Initially the rank of the last person is 100. Every fifth person is struck out of the line. Since 100 is divisible by 5 this person leaves. Thus the last 2 ranking persons are now the (original) 99th and 98th and there are 80 people left. Every fifth person now leaves, including the last one originally ranked 99 so the... | Math | 03/11/03 |
#6695 | Stormy Story | 2.22 | 1.27 | Drunky | A man burst into a police station soaking wet and starts screaming "MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED!"
A police officer asked what happened and the man explained that when they were walking along the cliffs of the shore, he heard a big roll of thunder come out of nowhere. He turned around startled... | No hint available. | The lightning would travel faster than the thunder so the man's story would be inaccurate since he says he heard the thunder, then saw the lightning. | Logic | 08/20/02 |
#32234 | I've Never Been Happy | 2.22 | 2.04 | spookboy0 | I is B | No hint available. | Ignorance is Bliss | Letter-Equations | 08/01/06 |
#47593 | Disemboweled Words | 2.35 | 2 | RomanG417 | A disemboweled word is a five letter word whose middle letter has been removed.
Example: dwelling - pipe
Answer: house - hose
crucial - flask
coffee - tardy
machine - basis
fuses - marries | The removed letters are:
T
T
B
L | vital - vial
latte - late
robot - root
welds - weds | Language | 07/25/10 |
#8435 | M V E ... | 2.39 | 2.05 | stonemug | What is the next equation in the sequence?
M=0
V=0
E=1
M=2
J=63
S=47
U=27
N=13
?=?
The last line (?=?) is not part of the sequence, it's the question. | No hint available. | P=1
The letter represents the first letter of the name of the planets from the Sun to Pluto. The number represents the number of moons on that planet. For example: Mercury = 0, Venus = 0, Earth = 1... Pluto = 1 moon.
NOTE: Some sources give different numbers for the number of moons around Jupiter and Saturn. | Series | 11/21/02 |
#49303 | Weird Alvin | 2.3 | 2.32 | incredibotsmast | Alvin likes cars, queues, brains, tricks and days.
But he hates engines, people, lungs, teasers and nights.
Does Alvin like books? | Study the words carefully. | No. Alvin only likes words with a vowel in the exact middle in the singular form. | Group | 02/10/12 |
#11667 | Comic Collecting | 2.38 | 1.66 | PeaceJo | Sarah, Daniel, Megan and Shawn are each collecting Terrible Toby, Jumping James and Super Scout comic books. Together they have 100 comic books and everyone has at least one. Daniel has 3 times as many as Megan. Sarah has twice as many as Daniel and Shawn has fewer than 40.
Who has the most comics? | No hint available. | Sarah does.
There are 3 possible answers but in each one, Sarah has the most.
1. Sarah 42/Daniel 21/Megan 7/Shawn 30
2. Sarah 48/Daniel 24/Megan 8/Shawn 20
3. Sarah 54/Daniel 27/Megan 9/Shawn 10 | Math | 04/09/03 |
#375 | The Murderer | 2.62 | 1.75 | JoeyChavez | A cop was outside a local bar talking to a friend. Just then the cop heard someone scream from inside the bar, "No, Jim, don't do it!" Then there was a gunshot. The cop ran inside the bar and saw a dead body and a gun on the floor, and a lawyer, doctor, and mailman standing around. The cop immediately arrested the mail... | Think about what types of people they would be. | The lawyer and the doctor were both female. So when the cop walked in, he remembered someone had screamed, "No, Jim, don't do it!" Jim is a guy's name, and the mailMAN was the only guy there. | Situation | 03/27/01 |
#42424 | Operation: Time-Ectomy | 2.29 | 2.37 | cnmne | Six words have had their times removed. The times have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each time with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the le... | No hint available. | day + amirlt = admiralty (aDmirAltY)
hour + slde = shoulder (sHOUldeR)
score + undl = scoundrel (SCOundREl)
second + mirke = misreckoned (miSrECkONeD)
week + spstaes = sweepstakes (sWEEpstaKes)
year + dadrme = daydreamer (daYdrEAmeR) | Language | 07/05/08 |
#38494 | How Many Students | 2.4 | 1.88 | Draw | There are several students in the classroom. Some of them have 28 oranges, some have 30, and others have 31. Altogether they have 365 oranges.
How many students are there? | If this teaser reminds you of something, please post it in the comments. | 365=31*11+24=28*13+1, therefore there are 12 or 13 students.
But if there are 13 students, they have at least 28*11+30+31=369 oranges.
Therefore, there are 12 students. | Math | 09/27/07 |
#38590 | Find the Missing Values | 2.19 | 2.57 | parattai | SUNDAY = 14
MONDAY = 14
TUESDAY = ?
WEDNESDAY = ?
THURSDAY = 18
FRIDAY = 14
SATURDAY = 19 | Think about vowels | 17 and 21
Number of vowels * 3 + Number of remaining letters * 2 | Other | 10/03/07 |
#38548 | Keys and Locks | 2.35 | 1.66 | Draw | Each key fits only one lock. There are ten locks and their keys in some order. How many times, in the worst case, do you have to try to match each lock with each key? | It's not 55. | To determine the first lock you need 9 tries, if none of them fits, then the last key fits.
To determine the second lock you need 8 tries, and so on.
9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=45. | Math | 09/30/07 |
#44727 | 36 I on a Y S | 1.93 | 1.25 | TechA | 36 I on a Y S | No hint available. | 36 Inches on a Yard Stick | Letter-Equations | 06/24/09 |
#9077 | Bus Stop | 2.55 | 0.81 | Princess_Neopia | 30 passengers are on a bus. 19 get off at the first stop, 6 get off at the second stop and 2 get off on the third stop.
How many people are left on the bus? | No hint available. | Four.
(Don't forget the driver!) | Trick | 12/15/02 |
#41630 | Alphabetical Conundrums | 2.82 | 3.06 | aresII | Why is K like a sunrise?
Why is L like a warm furnace?
Why is M a favorite with miners?
Why is N like a pig?
Why is O the only of five vowels that you can hear? | No hint available. | K is like a sunrise because it appears at the end of DARK.
L is like a warm furnace because it makes IT LIT.
M is a favorite with miners because it makes ORE MORE.
N is like a pig because it makes A STY NASTY.
O is the only one of the five vowels that you can hear because all the others are in AUDIBLE (INAUDIBLE). | Riddle | 04/22/08 |
#18199 | Yours and Mine | 2.71 | 2.2 | MrIxolite | What phrase is this?
Yours: 1976 1984 2003 YYYY
Mine: 1979 1988 2004 | No hint available. | Wise beyond your years
(Y's after (beyond) your years) | Rebus | 07/13/04 |
#28640 | Who Likes What? | 2.57 | 2.43 | Victor | Simon likes ice cream but doesn't like oranges. James likes apples but doesn't like eggs. Kevin likes eggs but doesn't like ice cream. Keith likes eggs, does he like tea cakes? | No hint available. | No, the items that they like begin with the second letter of the name and the items that they do not like begin with the fourth letter of their name. Therefore, since Keith's fourth letter is T he does not like tea cakes. | Group | 02/15/06 |
#20227 | Loaded Revolver | 2.91 | 1.79 | tsimkin | Henry has been caught stealing cattle, and is brought into town for justice. The judge is his ex-wife Gretchen, who wants to show him some sympathy, but the law clearly calls for two shots to be taken at Henry from close range. To make things a little better for Henry, Gretchen tells him she will place two bullets in... | No hint available. | Henry should have Gretchen pull the trigger again without spinning.
We know that the first chamber Gretchen fired was one of the four empty chambers. Since the bullets were placed in consecutive order, one of the empty chambers is followed by a bullet, and the other three empty chambers are followed by another empty... | Probability | 01/04/05 |
#36444 | Roamin' in the Gloamin? | 2.67 | 2.55 | jazzmusician46 | Below are two lists of ancient gods. One of the gods has been incorrectly placed into the wrong group. Your task is to replace him or her into the correct group.
Group A:
Ceres
Juno
Mercury
Venus
Group B:
Jupiter
Mars
Quirinus
Romulus | No hint available. | Mercury is the odd one out in Group A. All the others in Group A are names of ancient Roman female deities. Mercury was a male god, and Group B are all Roman male god's.
NOTE:
Ceres - She was the ancient goddess of farming.
Juno - She was the queen of the ancient Roman gods.
Mercury - He was the winged Messenger ... | Group | 04/27/07 |
#21065 | Word Swap | 2.76 | 2.19 | fishmed | The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words.
1. The building was of _______ construction, but the cement was of poor quality, and the _______ was crumbling.
2. In Victorian times, doctors used to think that the healthy air of ... | No hint available. | 1. RECENT, CENTER
2. SEASIDE, DISEASE
3. AUCTION, CAUTION | Language | 02/16/05 |
#33888 | Descent | 2.82 | 1.82 | Stormcrafter | There is something within the riddle below, but what?
Your fall I will mirror,
I am a last defense
To halt the chilling terror
Of a deadly quick descent.
Never can I be your pet
Or your trusted friend,
But I should you ever forget
Then you will find your end.
Use me through my roping
And find the solid pat... | Used for emergencies or for (very dangerous) fun. | A parachute.
They fall with you, and are your last defense before plummeting to your death, dashed against the solid paths of the earth.
The more modern ones are opened with a string or rope. | Riddle | 11/08/06 |
#46699 | Behead V | 2.97 | 1.65 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Long depression between heights -> Narrow passage between walls
2. Selling -> Ceasing; conclusion
3... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. A
2. E
3. O
4. I
5. I
6. O
7. O
8. A | 1. Valley -> Alley
2. Vending -> Ending
3. Vomit -> Omit
4. Vindicate -> Indicate
5. Vice -> Ice
6. Vouch -> Ouch
7. Vowing -> Owing
8. Vaunt -> Aunt | Language | 04/09/10 |
#15076 | Wok Wok Who's There? | 2.43 | 1.87 | MrIxolite | What phrase is represented below?
W
OUTheFire
K | No hint available. | Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
The word OUT is coming from the WOK (a pan for frying) and goes into the fire. | Rebus | 10/12/03 |
#10819 | TV or not TV | 2.26 | 2.3 | mad-ade | In the legendary country of Madadia, only three TV channels are available - Kebab Plus, MaddyOne and Madadia TV.
Out of 4000 TV owners in Madadia, 1500 watch Kebab Plus, 2000 watch MaddyOne and 2500 watch Madadia TV.
Amongst these, 500 viewers watch Kebab Plus and Maddyone, 800 watch Kebab Plus and Madadia TV, an... | No hint available. | 300 viewers watch all three channels.
Let's assume that total X viewers watch all three channels.
Total viewers who watch only Kebab Plus and MaddyOne = 500-X
Total viewers who watch only Kebab Plus and Madadia TV = 800-X
Total viewers who watch only MaddyOne and Madadia TV = 1000-X
Total viewers who watch... | Math | 03/01/03 |
#5803 | 35 = MA of a USP | 2.3 | 2.35 | mad-ade | 35 = MA of a USP | No hint available. | 35 = Minimum Age of the United States President | Letter-Equations | 07/23/02 |
#22750 | Mighty Planets | 2.67 | 2.32 | mufffin09 | What name does not belong?
Hermes
Aphrodite
Ares
Zeus
Hades | Think of their Roman names. | Zeus. Zeus's Roman name is Jupiter, and Jupiter is a gas planet, whereas the others' Roman names are rocky planets.
Hermes= Mercury, first planet from the sun
Aphrodite=Venus, second planet from the sun
Ares=Mars, fourth planet from the sun
Hades=Pluto, last planet from the sun
Zeus=Jupiter,largest planet compo... | Group | 05/08/05 |
#29677 | Pancakes | 2.31 | 0.73 | shadow-x | pancakes
pancakes
pancakes
pancakes
pancakes | What are they doing? | A stack of pancakes. | Rebus | 04/10/06 |
#10681 | Clue Pairs | 2.67 | 2.49 | snaps | The pair of answers to each clue pair below are such that the second answer can be found by adding the same letter to both the front and rear of the first answer. For example, "to be in debt/someone you might find on a lake" would be "owe/RoweR".
1. The time just before an event / a position on a scale.
2. These ar... | No hint available. | 1. eve / LeveL
2. clips / EclipsE
3. apple / DappleD
4. in / TinT
5. rod / ErodE
6. tar / StarS | Language | 02/24/03 |
#30069 | Table Tennis Challenge | 2.54 | 2.93 | cinnamon30 | Patrice and seven of her friends organized the Ultimate Table Tennis Challenge to determine who the best Ping-Pong player among them was. The challenge consisted of three rounds of singles matches (two players competing per match). In each round, the first player to win FIVE games won the match and eliminated the oppon... | Last names: Averson, Chang, Diaz, Fitzroy, Gianelli, McNeilly, Toskhaya and White | RANKING/ PLAYER/ GAMES
1st - Jamie McNeilly, 15 games
2nd - Lottie Averson, 14 games
3rd - Kristin Toskhaya, 9 games
4th - Bill White, 7 games
5th - Patrice Chang, 4 games
6th - Regina Diaz, 3 games
7th - Samuel Fitzroy, 2 games
8th - Dave Gianelli, 1 game
1st Round
Beachcomber, Jamie, 5, Patrice, 4
Bro... | Logic | 04/26/06 |
#24376 | Twilight Zone Robbery | 2.84 | 1.81 | froggygg | Brothers Jim and Mike Marshall owned and operated a jewelry exchange aptly named J&M Precious Jewel Exchange which had been left to them in their Father's Will. Although their large inventory consisted of various precious stones from all over the world, diamonds were the mainstay and specialty of the business. Due to t... | The Exchange had a policy that, when inspecting the precious stones and diamonds, the individual wear thin latex gloves to prevent leaving prints and oil on the stones and diamonds. | Since there were no signs of forced entry and nothing amiss in the exchange except for the missing inventory, Detective Jones knew it had to be an inside job. Robyn had an alibi as did John who had nothing to gain by robbing the exchange as he was a silent partner. Both alibis were easily verified. This left the newes... | Mystery | 07/09/05 |
#5551 | Kebab Combination | 2.32 | 2 | mad-ade | Mad Ade is in a bit of a dilemma. He has accidentally locked his Kebab in a combination safe. Only this safe uses letters instead of numbers. Only he has forgotten the combination.
These are the 6 letters used in the combination: A, B, C, D, E, F; with none of them being used twice.
Here are three incorrect gue... | No hint available. | The combination was EBDACF or AEFDCB (either will work). | Logic | 07/13/02 |
#49495 | Heavy Metal Raps | 2.85 | 2 | DaBomma | I rap heavy metal all day,
and sometime through the night,
And with my steady beater,
I will surely win a fight,
My hits are always hot,
they ignite sparks in my soul,
and I form inspiration,
while I reach my goal,
There are few so talented,
who can perform these tasks,
so me and my brethren,
will sometime... | No hint available. | A blacksmith.
Smiths will work metal such as iron and steel while they are hot, in order to make the shaping process easier.
Their tool of choice would be a hammer, which, in a fight against bare arms, would surely win.
Sparks will fly from the metal, so eye protection in the form of a mask is necessary in some c... | Riddle | 06/26/12 |
#18145 | The Great Race | 2.36 | 1.43 | PhilDunphy | A the W in 80 D | Planes Trains and Automobiles | Around the World in 80 Days | Letter-Equations | 07/07/04 |
#35147 | You Should Do This! | 2.73 | 1.95 | vlerma | ________________
Cattail
________________ | What's a cattail? | Read (reed) between the lines. | Rebus | 02/01/07 |
#18367 | Swift-Ix 2 | 2.58 | 2.72 | MrIxolite | A Swift-ix is a word play in which an adverb relates both properly
and punningly to a sentence of reported speech.
For example:
"I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds" said Mr.Ix Heartlessly.
Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates
to what he's said also.
The... | No hint available. | 1) Transparently (Trans-Parent-ly)
2) Unthinkingly (Un-Thin-King-Ly)
3) Soberly (So-Burley)
4) Rationally (Ratio-nally)
5) Piously (Pi-ously)
6) Oddly(Odd-ly)* not a serious offer of a wager ;)
7) Negatively(Self expl)
8) Mercifully (Merci (french for thank you)-ly) | Language | 07/27/04 |
#31460 | Island Words | 2.8 | 1.96 | npf2005 | A boy called James gets stuck on an island after his rubber boat gets swept out to sea. The only way to get off the island is with a colour code. There are 5 bricks and 5 holes in a wall. On the wall next to the holes it says:
A colour is concealed in each of these sentences. Each hole is marked with an A, B, C, D... | No hint available. | Slot A. Orange
Slot B. Red
Slot C. Indigo
Slot D. Cerise
Slot E. Magenta | Language | 07/01/06 |
#48672 | Symbolism II | 2.1 | 2.65 | Mathgeek007 | I give you some numbers in a specific order, and a few symbols. Arrange those symbols however you can to make a correct math equation. You must use all of them.
For example...
753452120
+-=
Answer:
7+534-521=20
Also, do not follow the order of operations, perform in the order of the numbers (ie: 3+3*3 normally... | Each side equals 99. | 54+63-18=6-3*33 | Math | 04/28/11 |
#25949 | An American Invention | 2.93 | 1.64 | zonahobo | They say I came from Africa.
I suppose that may be true.
But the type I am was mostly played
In a place where grass is blue.
Of wood and pearl, skin and steel,
You could say I am high strung.
My neck looks like a ladder,
With brass on every rung.
What am I? | Plunk around and you should get it. | A 5-string banjo.
A 4-string "banjar" was brought to the US by enslaved African people in the 18th century. An individual named Joel Walter Sweeny of Appomattox Court House, VA, is credited with inventing the 5-string banjo when he adapted the banjar by adding a 5th string. The 5-string banjo was most popularized by... | Riddle | 09/16/05 |
#41707 | True Essence 2 | 2.28 | 2.19 | aresII | The following puzzle is from the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 B.C.- 322 B.C.).
Can you decode it?
* The clue contains three vowels.
B=X
"FZT MUGG IJKJX LZ RIFQCUIS UI QCUO MZXGL MUQCZTQ NZTXRSJ. UQ UO QCJ SXJRQJOQ DTRGUQF ZA QCJ YUIL IJBQ QZ CZIZX." | J=E
R=A
U=I | "YOU WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT COURAGE. IT IS THE GREATEST QUALITY OF THE MIND NEXT TO HONOR."
KEY:
A=F
B=X
C=H
D=Q
F=Y
G=L
I=N
J=E
K=V
L=D
M=W
N=C
O=S
Q=T
R=A
S=G
T=U
U=I
X=R
Y=M
Z=O | Cryptography | 04/26/08 |
#17973 | Pizza For Thirty | 2.48 | 1.27 | Munch | Jack has invited all his drinking buddies to watch the game on his new state-of-the-art TV. Come half-time, he calls the local Pizza Parlor. The assistant tells him they have a special "Buy one, get one free" offer, so he asks for two of the largest pizzas they have. Given that one large pizza can be cut into approxima... | Read the question again. | Everyone will get at least one slice of pizza. The offer was "Buy one, get one free" therefore when Jack ordered two, he got two free, giving him four pizzas with a total of forty eight slices. | Trick | 06/21/04 |
#23017 | Apple Picking | 2.61 | 1.73 | FeaerFactorY666 | Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree. When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree. At the four... | Work backwards to see how many apples were picked at the last two trees or use algebra. | Each person picked 1 apple at the first tree.
Begin with 65 apples picked, and work backwards. Subtract the number of apples picked at the fourth tree (5), and then divide the total (60) by 5 to equal the number of apples picked after the first two trees. The total after the first two trees = 12. Since the number of ... | Math | 05/19/05 |
#4441 | Which Bus Stop | 2.36 | 1.88 | mad-ade | Every day Mad Ade takes the bus to work. He can get off at one of two stops. The first stop is 100 metres from the Spam recycling factory in which he works. The second stop is 200 metres past the Factory. Mad Ade always rides past the first stop, and gets off at the second. Why? | No hint available. | The factory is on a hill. When Mad Ade gets off at the stop farthest from the building he is walking downhill, and Mad Ade is quite lazy... | Logic | 06/03/02 |
#21639 | Walk in the Park | 2.47 | 2.71 | Dedrik | Alice and Bob agree to meet in the park. They agree to each show up some random time between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM. Wait 20 minutes for the other person, or until one o'clock, whichever comes first.
Assuming they stick to their word, what is the probability that they will meet? | They are equally likely to show up at any time.
However their probability of meeting will change depending on the time.
Try looking at it through only one person's perspective. | Their probability of meeting is 5/9
There are four events that can happen.
1. Bob arrives first and Alice meets him while he is waiting.
2. Bob arrives first, leaves and then Alice shows up.
3. Alice arrives first and Bob meets her while she is waiting.
4. Alice arrives first, leaves and then Bob shows up. ... | Probability | 03/20/05 |
#45037 | Four Words With "FA" | 2.47 | 1.56 | Ammer | All of the words below contain the following two letters in them: "FA"
Fill in the blanks below, using the following list of letters:
C, E, E, I, L, M, O, R, R, S, T, T, U, V
1. FA--
2. FA------
3. FA----
4. FA-- | 1. Ends with the letter E
2. Ends with the letter E
3. Ends with the letter S
4. Ends with the letter M | 1. FACE
2. FAVORITE
3. FAULTS
4. FARM | Language | 08/10/09 |
#33618 | Add a Letter 3 | 2.55 | 2.24 | cnmne | Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand).
1) a person at odds with church doctrine & tightly sealed
2) a channel for waste matter & a pin for holding meat while roasting
3) extremely harsh or cruel & a small hero... | No hint available. | 1) heretic & hermetic
2) sewer & skewer
3) bitter & bittern
4) manger & manager | Language | 10/23/06 |
#13035 | What Ship? | 2.33 | 1.51 | rose_rox | What ship doesn't have a captain, but has two mates? | No hint available. | A courtship. | Trick | 06/10/03 |
#41020 | 'K' Words | 2.53 | 2.5 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'K' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'K' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun!
1. Some employees have a K --- K for K -------- to their bosses.
2.... | No hint available. | 1. KnacK and Kowtowing
2. sKein and nicKel
3. KlondiKe and breaKnecK
4. Knife and bacKpacK | Language | 03/13/08 |
#39873 | A A | 1.99 | 2.45 | 1smart_okie | A A = O of the F M of the U S of A | No hint available. | Abigail Adams = One of the Founding Mothers of the United States of America | Letter-Equations | 01/01/08 |
#320 | A Weedy Garden. | 2.54 | 1.33 | Mr. G | Let's say you have a garden. On day one, there is only one weed. If the number of weeds doubles every day, and the garden is full of weeds on the 30th day, how many days will it take to fill the garden if we start with two weeds? | No hint available. | 29 days. It's just like you started on day two. | Logic | 03/01/01 |
#50354 | Bizarre Bedlam | 3.05 | 1.43 | ThinksForFun | I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I? | No hint available. | a bowling alley
The bowlers always have their bowling balls, which they deliver toward the bowling pins, returned to them by the machine.
Bowlers who get one or more strikes (a strike being the best result) need to deliver fewer balls in order to complete the game.
The bowling pins are the things that get knocked o... | Riddle | 06/06/14 |
#1842 | Oamott | 2.08 | 1.22 | maxmars | Unscramble this to make a fruit: oamott | No hint available. | tomato | Language | 12/23/01 |
#2170 | Electrician and Plumber | 2.33 | 1.1 | Cascas | There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for the movies. One of them was the father of the other one's son. How could this be? | No hint available. | They were husband and wife. | Logic | 01/27/02 |
#7646 | Liar Liar | 2.37 | 2.5 | mad-ade | Mad Ade's cousin Steve lies a lot. He tells the truth on only one day in a week.
One day he said: "I lie on Mondays and Tuesdays."
The next day he said: "Today is either Sunday, Saturday, or Thursday."
The next day he said: "I lie on Fridays and Wednesdays."
On which day of the week does Steve tell the truth? | No hint available. | Mad Ade's cousin Steve tells the truth on Tuesdays
The first and third statements are incompatible; they cannot of course both be true, and they can only be lies if on one of the days mentioned Steve tells the truth. But, they have no such day in common. Therefore one of them must be true, and the other must refer to... | Logic | 09/22/02 |
#47147 | Curtail 1 | 2.43 | 1.93 | MarcM1098 | When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.
1. Chauffeurs -> Golf club
2. Paid transportation -> Additional cost
3. Astronomical length -> Scan a... | The words start with these letters:
1. D
2. T
3. P
4. M
5. M
6. M
7. D
8. S | 1. Drivers -> Driver
2. Taxi -> Tax
3. Parsec -> Parse
4. Mile -> Mil
5. Micron -> Micro
6. Momenta -> Moment
7. Divert -> Diver
8. Stepped -> Steppe
Bonus: DISTANCE | Language | 06/03/10 |
#16894 | Old Lady Hubbard | 2.8 | 1.69 | xXBlueBubbleXx | Old Lady Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her dog a bone. Upon reaching the cupboard and seeing it was empty, she exclaimed,"Oicurmt!"
Explain Old Lady Hubbard's exclamation. | No hint available. | Each letter stands for a word or syllable.
O= Oh
i= I
c= see
u= you
r= are
m= em
t= pty
So Old Lady Hubbard said,"Oh I see you are empty!" | Riddle | 03/07/04 |
#1471 | Hare and Tortoise | 2.41 | 1.15 | Jbody33 | Haretown and Tortoiseville are 27 miles apart. A hare travels at 7 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 2 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown.
If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route? | No hint available. | The hare and the tortoise are together covering the distance at 9 miles per hour (i.e., on adding their speeds).
So, they will cover the distance of 27 miles in 3 hours.
Thus, in 3 hours, they will meet and the hare will have traveled 21 miles. | Math | 11/21/01 |
#38530 | Brothers and Sisters | 2.54 | 1.52 | ---- | Three men, whose names are Taro, Kenzi and Takasi, each have a sister whose names are Megu, Yuri and Kayo. They say:
Taro:"Megu and I are siblings."
Megu:"Takasi and I are siblings."
Takasi:"Kayo and I are siblings."
However, none of them is telling the truth.
Who is Yuri's brother? | Eliminate the impossibilities. | Takasi's sister can't be Megu or Kayo, and can be only Yuri.
Therefore, Yuri's brother is Takasi. | Logic | 09/29/07 |
#24137 | Seas | 2.96 | 1.45 | Pop_Qla | Do you know what this means? | No hint available. | Across the Seven Seas
A Cross (the 't' shape)
The seven seas (sea is spelled seven times in that cross) | Rebus | 06/29/05 |
#28652 | How Long Has He Got Left? | 2.54 | 1.65 | Question_Mark | Quentin is a man who writes puzzle books. His editor gives him a task for his next book. He must produce 500 puzzles in the space of 80 days. He has created 300 puzzles already. However he has been working slower than normal, producing an average of 15 puzzles for every 4 days. How fast will Quentin have to work now to... | No hint available. | Quentin will never get the book in on time. He is on his 80th day. If he has been producing 15 puzzles for 4 days then, 15*(80/4)=300. | Math | 02/16/06 |
#1382 | Beethoven | 2.44 | 2.04 | psychodude57 | In my collection of classical music I have a range of pieces which last 6, 7, 8 and 9 minutes. The piece by Bach lasts 8 minutes and the CD lasts longer than the piece by Holst. The piece on DAT tape is longer than the piece by Beethoven. The single lasts for 7 minutes and the album does not contain any Holst. The piec... | No hint available. | Beethoven is on the album and lasts 6 minutes.
Holst is on the single and lasts 7 minutes.
Bach is on CD and lasts 8 minutes.
Butler is on DAT tape and lasts 9 minutes. | Logic | 11/12/01 |
#222 | 3 1 4 1 5 9 2... | 2.46 | 1.84 | Mr. G | 3 1 4 1 5 9 2...
What are the next three numerals in this series? | It`s not a piece of cake. | 6 5 3
These are the first ten digits of pi.
3.141592653... | Series | 02/02/01 |
#18812 | North South | 1.99 | 2.72 | dsquared | What expression is represented below?
Lead Actor: Pole Pole Pole | Your answer will mean something very different to something else | Poles apart
or
Poles, a part (in the movie). | Rebus | 09/11/04 |
#3481 | Right of Way | 2.38 | 1.16 | Drunky | Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all entered the intersection at the same time. They do not crash into each other. How is this possible? | No hint available. | They all made right hand turns. | Logic | 04/13/02 |
#40974 | Imagination L. Frank Baum | 2.33 | 2.43 | onua9159 | L. Frank Baum once made this statement about imagination. Can you decode it?
O=S
"SAPLSBPVSRB KPO CWRTLKV APBISBN VKWRTLK VKX NPWI PLXO VR SVO QWXOXBV OVPVX RM ESDSHSGPVSRB. SAPLSBPVSRB HXN ERHTACTO VR NSOERDXW PAXWSEP. SAPLSBPVSRB HXN MWPBIHSB VR NSOERDXW XHXEVWSESVU." | B=N
S=I
Q=P | "Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity." - L. Frank Baum
KEY:
A=M
B=N
C=B
D=V
E=C
F=X
G=Z
H=L
I=K
J=J
K=H
L=G
M=F
N=D
O=S
P=A
Q=P
R=O
S=I
T=U
U=Y
V... | Cryptography | 03/11/08 |
#13764 | Time After Time After Time | 2.38 | 2.84 | mathemagician | Give the appropriate time which completes the series below:
3:43
6:32
12:36
9:22
12:29
?? | Look at sums and products of the digits in each. | 11:49
The product of the digits in each time is 36 ;
Also, the sum of the digits follows the pattern 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
So, for the missing time, we need the sum of the digits to be 15 and the product of the digits to be 36.
11:49 is the only time that will work. | Series | 07/13/03 |
#32177 | Anagram Triplets - IV | 2.58 | 2.13 | brainster | There are two groups of four-letter and three-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ?
1. "What do you know about wild animals? One could pounce on you and ____ your ... | No hint available. | 1. "What do you know about wild animals? One could pounce on you and TEAR your ARM before you could even react!", said the hunter scornfully.
2. As for my eyesight, at the RATE I am going, a goat could RAM into me before I even knew it was in front of me!
3. What is the TARE weight of that truck? Loading it above l... | Language | 07/31/06 |
#793 | A Mystery Word | 2.59 | 1.4 | Phyllis | There is a word in the English language that describes a person or thing as being in no place at all--not here, not there, not anywhere. But, if you add a space between two of the letters in the word the person or thing is now here. Can you figure out what the word is? | No hint available. | nowhere | Language | 09/04/01 |
#29894 | The Writer's Cup | 2.88 | 2.22 | peppamintp | At the end of each school year, Clearmont College's Students for the Greening of America sponsors a bed race to benefit the preservation of regional wetlands. In this year's race, the competitors were placed in divisions by their college major. The five winning teams in the English Department all had beds painted white... | No hint available. | 1. Harvey, Clio, magenta, Writer's Cup
2. Forrest, Calliope, indigo, 2nd
3. Irving, Melpomene, lilac, 3rd
4. Glenn, Thalia, apricot, 4th
5. Joel, Erato, cerulean, 5th | Logic-Grid | 04/19/06 |
#35068 | Bus Driver | 2.18 | 1 | DaleGriffin | A bus arrives at 10:32 pm. It pulls up, and the driver gets out. Nobody complains. Why? | No hint available. | The driver was taking the bus back to the station so he could go home. There were no passengers on the bus, and of course nobody would complain because he had done his day's work! | Situation | 01/27/07 |
#9264 | Ill-Equipped Laboratory | 2.63 | 1.92 | Bobbrt | You are working in a lab and you need to prop up a beaker of water so that its base is exactly 17" above the table (don't worry about why). Besides the beaker, the only objects in the lab are a yardstick and five phone books, at 1", 3", 4", 5", and 6" thick each.
How do you arrange the books so that you can prop up... | If you're stuck then you're forgetting something very important. Remember - these are BOOKS, not blocks of wood. | Simply pile up all of the books except the 1" one. This will give you 18 inches. Open the top book, turning 1" worth of pages. Use the yardstick to verify the height.
If you want to be really technical, you should actually open the bottom book, because the bulge caused by the open book will then be flattened by the... | Other | 12/20/02 |
#20508 | Echoes | 2.49 | 1.32 | toast9897 | I hear what you're saying,
I hear what you've heard,
But unless I'm playing
You won't hear a word.
I'm not unique
Everything I say is rehashed.
Though I'm a mimic, so to speak,
My speech is not always first class. | Useful for interviews and college courses,
I can spit random cues and quote any sources. | A recording device. I think it explains itself. | Riddle | 01/20/05 |
#24554 | The Hill | 2.62 | 1.17 | Dustar90 | Three friends are riding down a steep hill. One friend looks behind and yells something to the two who are trying to catch up, but his words were carried away by the wind. What did he say?
T
H
E
H
I
L
L
CU | No hint available. | The friend in front said, "See you at the bottom of the hill." | Rebus | 07/14/05 |
#9360 | Iron, Bromine, Uranium, Argon | 2.69 | 2.53 | something | What comes next in this sequence:
Iron Bromine Uranium Argon ==?== | No hint available. | Yttrium; from the atomic element's symbols which are spelling February: Fe + Br + U + Ar + Y. | Series | 12/23/02 |
#12958 | Pet | 2.3 | 1.42 | alex1234 | I am a type of pet that is always found lying flat on the ground.
What am I? | No hint available. | A carpet. | Trick | 06/05/03 |
#8143 | Not Wet | 2.68 | 1.98 | warrior | A man's body is found 200 feet below sea level, but the cause of his death is not drowning. How and where did this man die? | No hint available. | The man died of heat exhaustion in Death Valley. | Situation | 10/20/02 |
#16925 | Repetitive Description | 2.71 | 0.94 | rose_rox | We meet each other in very quick a motion,
Some are shocked to see such devotion.
Other times with others we are
To be blunt, not quite at par.
It depends whether or not we match,
If we don't, then we attach.
If we do, we stay away,
But if forced we go affray.
How strange it is, when we're opposing,
... | No hint available. | Magnets. | Riddle | 03/08/04 |
#31094 | Cryptolist XII | 2.61 | 2.38 | phrebh | A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category.
Category: DPCRWXZ
ABECBPX
RBEEBPX
CPXQYJCF
ZJCQCXYF
MWCABEQCM
UQBAY
BFAYPXHQLHZ
WYQLCM
GBQECDY
FBZWCPR | Category: Knights
Y=E | Category: Knights
Valiant
Gallant
Intrepid
Spirited
Chivalric
Brave
Adventurous
Heroic
Warlike
Dashing
A=V
B=A
C=I
D=K
E=L
F=D
G=W
H=U
J=P
L=O
M=C
P=N
Q=R
R=G
U=B
W=H
X=T
Y=E
Z=S | Cryptography | 06/15/06 |
#16272 | Profit Performances | 2.17 | 1.76 | adoontourious | Every spring the town of Vicinity holds an arts festival in which local groups perform and artists sell crafts. The festival organizers raise money by charging each performing group $50.00. This year, members of the high school gymnastics team gave a demonstration. They charged a $2.50 admission fee. The team owed $62.... | No hint available. | Each gymnast got $28.33. There was $0.02 left over.
The 113 audience members paid a total of $282.50 (113 x $2.50). After subtracting the $50 fee and the $62.50 repair cost, there was a profit of $170. Dividing 6 team members into $170 gave each team member $28.33 with $0.02 left over. They all decided to go bowling... | Math | 01/20/04 |
#36492 | American Presidents 6 | 2.48 | 2.67 | cnmne | Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland
Group B: George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan | No hint available. | The presidents in both groups served two full terms. However, each president in Group A had a different vice president for each of his terms. Jefferson's were Aaron Burr and George Clinton, Madison's were George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry, Grant's were Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson, and Cleveland's were Thomas Hen... | Group | 05/03/07 |
#35878 | Four Letters Only #4 | 2.64 | 2.61 | jazzmusician46 | What same sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word?
pre_ _ _ _
broad_ _ _ _s
thorn_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ poster
wee_ _ _ _
cross_ _ _ _ | No hint available. | The sequence is: BILL
prebill
broadbills
thornbill
billposter
weebill
crossbill | Language | 03/26/07 |
#5937 | 6 = W of H the E | 2.42 | 2.04 | dewtell | 6 = W of H the E | European History | 6 = Wives of Henry the Eighth | Letter-Equations | 07/31/02 |
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