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#1905 | 144 in a G | 2.08 | 1.82 | JUSTIN | 144 in a G | No hint available. | 144 in a Gross | Letter-Equations | 01/01/02 |
#46995 | Mine? | 2.57 | 1.49 | canse912 | Hi, I'm Carlie Hansen, and I am renowned through the whole of England for my detective skills. I just solved the case of the murder of Kayla Mae Rheims, 31, in Manchester last month.
Kayla Mae was shot in the stomach and died from her injuries half an hour later. The gun was left at the scene - her home - and had no ... | Why would someone be angry that something wasn't theirs? And also, why didn't the murderer shoot her in the heart or head? Why did he go for something like the stomach? | Brian Rheims killed Kayla Mae. (I was right!) Kayla Mae was five months pregnant, and Brian had discovered that Kayla Mae had slept with someone else and the baby wasn't his. Enraged, he put on his gloves from the hospital, grabbed the gun and shot Kayla Mae in the stomach, so that even if Kayla survived, the baby woul... | Mystery | 05/17/10 |
#50623 | I Couldn't Care Less | 2.38 | 1.41 | LittleGreenMan | What's the Rebus?
iwhatt memememe | Title is a clue | "what's in it for me" | Rebus | 06/14/15 |
#6902 | Backwards | 2.68 | 2.36 | curly | Can you name 4 sports that require going backwards in order to win? | No hint available. | Tug-o-war, Swimming(backstroke), Rowing, and High jump | Other | 08/26/02 |
#14993 | Bodyguards | 2.12 | 2.19 | mad-ade | Beau Vine and Faye Slift, the world famous Madadian Movie stars, together have more than 10 but fewer than 30 bodyguards. One day, one of the bodyguards, Knuckles, decided to leave Beau Vine and join Faye Slift. Now both the females had the same number of bodyguards.
Eventually, Knuckles rejoined Beau Vine. Also, Ma... | No hint available. | Beau Vine has 11 bodyguards and Faye Slift has 7 bodyguards.
If one bodyguard is moved from one group to the other, it decreases one group by one and increases the other by one.
Before Knuckles joined Faye Slift, Beau Vine had two more bodyguards than Faye Slift (since Knuckles's switch made the number of bodygua... | Math | 10/05/03 |
#1394 | Four Digits | 2.38 | 1.79 | psychodude57 | What four digit number has digit 2 less than digit 4 which is two thirds of digit 1 which is two thirds of digit 3 which is three times digit 2? | No hint available. | 6394. | Math | 11/13/01 |
#28810 | Those Which Bind | 2.22 | 2.22 | schatzy228 | What phrase is represented below?
Jones family - 12 <--
Smith family - 9
Williams family - 7
Johnson family - 12 <-- | No hint available. | Family ties | Rebus | 02/26/06 |
#5389 | The Two Golfers | 2.73 | 2.1 | jon14pople | Tom and Ben were professional golfers and keen rivals. One day during a game, they had each scored 30 when Ben hit a bad shot. Tom immediately added 10 to his own score. Tom then hit a good shot and he had won the game. Why? | No hint available. | They were playing tennis, not golf! At 30-30 Ben hit a shot out. Tom then served an ace to win the game and match. | Trick | 07/09/02 |
#3043 | DWESTD | 2.96 | 1.45 | comet16 | Can you decipher this?
DDDDDDDDDD
DDDWESTDDD
DDDDDDDDDD | No hint available. | West Indies
(West in D's) | Rebus | 03/30/02 |
#11116 | Out There | 2.87 | 1.81 | MrIxolite | What popular TV show is represented below?
MyForgottenChildhoodSweetheart.doc
MyOldCollegeGirlfriend.exe
MyDivorcedWife.bat | No hint available. | "The X-Files."
The Ex(Ex-wife, girlfriends etc)-Files (files of a computer). | Rebus | 03/13/03 |
#5730 | £7.11 At The 7-11 store | 2.27 | 2.37 | mad-ade | Mad Ade entered his local 7-11 store to purchase some provisions. He picked up some "dead rat and scabby monkey" flavoured crisps (potato chips for those of you who are American), a large bottle of pickled onion flavoured pop (soda), a left handed toilet roll and a tub of Kebab flavoured ice cream. At the checkout Mad ... | No hint available. | The prices are: £1.20, £1.25, £1.50, and £3.16 | Math | 07/20/02 |
#17794 | H, B, C, N, O, F, P, S | 2.39 | 2.03 | Jake | What is the next letter in this series?
H, B, C, N, O, F, P, S | No hint available. | K. These are the periodic elements with single letter symbols. Potassium is the next element and its symbol is K. | Series | 05/31/04 |
#35441 | Add a Letter 5 | 2.72 | 2 | 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) cardboard box & humorous drawing
2) a meal & a small half-decked motorboat
3) a tennis score & to infer
4) uncivilized or barbarous & to rescue from destruction | No hint available. | 1) carton & cartoon
2) lunch & launch
3) deuce & deduce
4) savage & salvage | Language | 02/26/07 |
#18646 | Half Of 13... | 2.03 | 2.83 | rashad | How can half of 12 be equal to half of 13? | What time is it? | On a standard digital watch, each of the numbers 12 and 13 contain 7 lines, thus 1/2 * 12 ( 3.5 ) is equal to 1/2 * 13 (3.5) .
Note that the upper half of 13 and the upper half of 12 are identical. | Trick | 08/25/04 |
#37465 | The Van | 2.83 | 1.32 | LeafFan4life | Three guys were walking home from school when a van pulled up to them. The man in the van tried to convince the boys to buy his merchandise, and eventually one of the boys gave in and bought some. The boy used some of the merchandise he purchased; and seconds later, he felt a strong head pain. His friends never tried t... | No hint available. | The man in the van was the ice cream man. The man in the van tried to convince the boys to buy the ice cream, so one boy bought one. After the boy ate it, he had a "brain freeze" or "ice cream headache", which is intense head pain. | Situation | 07/20/07 |
#2683 | Milonelion | 2.18 | 0.68 | Chrissy--- | milonelion
What's that phrase mean? | Couples usually say that they're a lucky milonelion! | One in a Million | Rebus | 03/14/02 |
#29958 | Citrella's Citrus City! | 3.03 | 2.08 | brainster | Citrella is the Queen of Citrus City. You and your friends have won a free holiday to Citrus City in a Grand Raffle Draw! Congratulations!
All is fun until you reach Citrus City and are granted an audience with Queen Citrella to thank her for this wonderful gift. Her court is fragrant with smells of all the possible ... | No hint available. | After carefully looking through your chits, you all look at each other and smile, and thank your stars that you come from Crypto City, and you are none other than the eight advisors to the court of King Cryptoknite! You rapidly rattle off the code one by one, and Queen Citrella is forced to keep her end of the bargain,... | Other | 04/23/06 |
#398 | What Time Is It? | 2.17 | 2.14 | Phyllis | A man asks his sons to do a chore. When they finish he pays one son 15 cents and the other son 10 cents. What time is it? | No hint available. | A quarter to two. | Trick | 04/19/01 |
#36581 | Slip Sliding Away | 2.14 | 2.9 | cnmne | 10 = E in a G of C (in the O) | No hint available. | 10 = Ends in a Game of Curling (in the Olympics) | Letter-Equations | 05/09/07 |
#1235 | 50=S on the US F | 2.14 | 1.05 | BigMan | 50=S on the US F | No hint available. | 50 Stars on the United States Flag | Letter-Equations | 10/30/01 |
#34175 | What Word 3 | 2.69 | 1.55 | grungy49 | I have 6 letters.
Letters 6-2-3-5-1 means the mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it.
Letters 2-4-5-1-3 means to decorate or add beauty to.
Letters 3-5-4 mean something a 6-2-3 can do to show agreement.
The whole word means something without a definite reason or pattern. | No hint available. | The word is RANDOM.
MANOR
ADORN
NOD
MAN | Language | 11/30/06 |
#4173 | Marathon | 2.5 | 1.44 | librashorty | After a recent marathon, the following was noted.
Alan finished after Simon.
Ian finished after Kevin.
Simon finished after Brian.
Kevin finished before Alan.
Brian finished after Kevin.
Brian finished before Alan.
Simon finished before Ian.
Alan finished before Ian.
Who finished where? | No hint available. | The result was Kevin, Brian, Simon, Alan then Ian. | Logic | 05/20/02 |
#25844 | What Words #11 | 2.79 | 1.39 | fishmed | Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended.
Example: EVER - ______ - HORN
Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN
HOG - ___________ - CLOTH
DETER - __________ - FIELD
WASTE - ___________ - BALL | No hint available. | HOG - WASH - CLOTH
DETER - MINE - FIELD
WASTE - BASKET - BALL | Language | 09/10/05 |
#39147 | Rewording II | 2.31 | 1.64 | vlerma | Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one.
1. Initial items at beginning.
2. To be maintained in a total eclipse.
3. Absence of sound is aureate. | Example: "Peruse words below one line but above another" can be reworded to mean "read between the lines." | 1. First things first.
2. Kept in the dark.
3. Silence is golden. | Language | 11/11/07 |
#7947 | Snapsisms | 2.61 | 2.33 | snaps | A word is said to be a snapsism of another word if it fits the following criteria:
1. it contains the same number of letters as the other word;
2. it does not have any of the same letters in the same position as the other word;
3. each letter of the word can be swapped into the other word, one at a time, so that... | One of the words produced by swapping letters is something you would use in the shower. | FOOT
The words produced are:
Flap sOap slOp slaT.
Another possibility would be:
COIT
The words produced are:
Clap sOap slIp slaT | Language | 10/09/02 |
#50394 | Softeee !! | 2.26 | 1.48 | BadBunnee02 | What's the Rebus?
heart > herat > harte > hater | No hint available. | a change of heart | Rebus | 07/12/14 |
#34943 | Missing Letters 10 | 3 | 2.46 | jazzmusician46 | Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.
Ri ( _ _ _ ) satile
Al ( _ _ _ ) oury
Mo ( _ _ _ ) ergo
Unaw ( _ _ _ ) na
A ( _ _ _ _ ) ounce
Fel ( _ _ _ ) ly | No hint available. | River - versatile
Alarm - armoury
Mound - undergo
Unaware - arena
Apron - pronounce
Fellow - lowly | Language | 01/19/07 |
#27743 | Coded Cliches | 2.66 | 2.66 | peppamintp | Each two word phrase below is a disguised form of a hint that leads to a familiar saying. See how good a detective you are by decoding each phrase. (Ex. Siamese demise = Cat death --> Curiosity killed the cat.)
1. Completion conclusion
2. Thudding giants
3. Homogenized loss
4. Equine obstinacy
5. Brilliant brass
... | No hint available. | 1. What's done is done.
2. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
3. Don't cry over spilled milk.
4. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
5. All that glitters is not gold.
6. Jack of all trades and master of none.
7. The meek shall inherit the earth | Language | 12/28/05 |
#38352 | 17 Creatures | 3.03 | 2.14 | maxvu | Find 17 creatures in this paragraph.
Kneel in the kayak grasping the boat, but don't wrench the bullion or scowl at the chart. Behind the taped and sealed planter is a benevolent collier. The foxglove is in the bath. | In fact, there are 20. Can you find them all? | Eel, yak, asp, boa, wren, bull, cow, ape, seal, ant, vole, collie, fox, bat, ox, lion, owl (plus char, hart and hind for three bonus points, but these are more difficult. Char is a fish, related to trout and/or salmon and the hart is a kind of deer, while the hind is either a fish or a deer, depending on your usage.) | Other | 09/18/07 |
#17183 | Greek Mythology | 2.9 | 2.31 | cnmne | Complete the series by making a selection from the pool.
Series: Hermes, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ares, Zeus, Cronus, Uranus, Poseidon, ?
Pool: Athena, Dionysus, Eros, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera | No hint available. | The series is the equivalent Greek names for the planets, which are Roman. When the Romans assimilated Greek mythology, they renamed many of the Greek gods.
Mercury = Hermes
Venus = Aphrodite
Earth = Gaea *
Mars = Ares
Jupiter = Zeus
Saturn = Cronus
Uranus = Uranus **
Neptune = Poseidon
thus
Pluto = Hades... | Trivia | 03/31/04 |
#5031 | Symphon | 2.56 | 1.03 | Metta | Can you decipher this phrase?
symphon | No hint available. | Unfinished Symphony | Rebus | 06/28/02 |
#24430 | 50 Heads | 2.36 | 0.86 | jakeodee | If your friend flips a coin 50 times and every single time it lands heads up, what should you call for the next flip? Heads or tails? | This is under trick, remember. | Heads.
If you flip a coin 50 times and every time it lands heads up, chances are that it is a double-headed coin. | Trick | 07/11/05 |
#4852 | Rhyme Time 1 | 2.79 | 2.41 | bobbrt | The answer to each clue below consists of two words that rhyme with each other. Word lengths are given in parentheses. For example, if the clue were "Cruel feminine sovereign (4,5)", the answer would be "mean queen". Can you solve them all?
1) Angry taxi driver (6,5)
2) Library in need of cleaning (6,5)
3) St... | No hint available. | 1) Crabby cabby
2) Cruddy study
3) Stacks snacks
4) Utter clutter
5) Vast cast | Language | 06/20/02 |
#36785 | Take the Shot | 2.66 | 0.84 | bookworm91 | I shot a famous man today
He didn't seem to get upset
Even when I shot his wife
As she stepped out of the Corvette
Later I shot some people in fancy clothes
After that I shot a rose
Then I went down to the beach
And shot some children there
Their mothers watched me the entire time
They didn't seem to care
... | No hint available. | When I shoot things,
It's not with bullet and gun
But I am a photographer
And shooting pictures is fun! | Riddle | 05/30/07 |
#31043 | It's a Dog Night | 2.34 | 1.69 | metallicman | What does Wednesday night represent in this rebus?
Monday night
Dog
Tuesday night
dog dog
Wednesday night
dog dog dog | No hint available. | Three dog night. It originated from Eskimos, where a night would be so cold that you would have to sleep with three dogs to keep warm. | Rebus | 06/13/06 |
#2506 | Creatures in a Cage | 2.36 | 1.92 | Cascas | There's a cage with jungle animals and creatures. There are 11 heads and 20 feet. There are twice as many jungle creatures with four feet as there are jungle creatures with two feet. How many creatures of each are in the cage? | No hint available. | 4 four legged animals
2 two legged animals
5 snakes | Math | 03/03/02 |
#46265 | 0 to 10 Pyramid | 2.61 | 2.56 | dalfamnest | As with other word pyramids, start with a word, add a letter and (usually) rearrange all the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each.
Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch!
The hint gives the first and sixth words.
1. Exclam... | 1. O
6. Sonnet | 1. O
2. No
3. Ton
4. Eton
5. Stone
6. Sonnet
7. Tension
8. Insolent
9. Singleton
10. Clingstone | Language | 01/28/10 |
#28197 | A Take on Hollywood | 2.76 | 2.49 | Nytwynd | Asvvfessg'd q cvqlt eatpt xatf'vv cqf fsk q xaskdqyg gsvvqpd osp q nwdd, qyg owoxf ltyxd osp fskp dskv. W nyse, utlqkdt w xkpytg gsey xat owpdx sootp soxty tyskra qyg atvg skx osp xat owoxf ltyxd.
-- Iqpwvfy Isypst
Aqvo xat ctscvt wy asvvfessg qpt gfwyr xs ut gwdlsztptg qyg xat sxatp aqvo qpt qopqwg xatf ewvv ut.
... | A=H
X=T | A=H
B=J
C=P
D=S
E=W
F=Y
G=D
H=Z
I=M
J=Q
K=U
L=C
M=X
N=K
O=F
P=R
Q=A
R=G
S=O
T=E
U=B
V=L
W=I
X=T
Y=N
Z=V
Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty... | Cryptography | 01/22/06 |
#3774 | bad bad | 2.19 | 1.14 | bluebon01 | Can you decipher this phrase:
bad bad | No hint available. | too bad | Rebus | 04/27/02 |
#3545 | Romance | 2.21 | 1.72 | rayneeday | Can you decipher this phrase?
romance
line | No hint available. | On-line Romance | Rebus | 04/16/02 |
#7622 | --- man | 2.37 | 1.55 | tissue | Use the same 3 letters, not necessarily in the same order, in the following words:
How --r-y that a k---k on the door was from a --- man. | No hint available. | con
How corny that a knock on the door was from a con man. | Language | 09/21/02 |
#23608 | Gone Missing Right Under Your Nose! | 2.43 | 1.32 | sissy245 | Carrie, Olivia, Johnathan, Micheal, and Joel all went on a school camping trip. Due to rain, they couldn't sleep in tents, so they were led up to the camp dorms. When they were shown to their rooms, which were directly across from each other, they were told that lights out was in thirty minutes. After Carrie changed, s... | No hint available. | Joel took Carrie's laptop. He said that he had read a whole novel in one night. But since lights out was thirty minutes after they arrived, he wouldn't have had time to read the whole thing unless he turned the lights on. He read the book off of the Internet on Carrie's computer over the night. | Mystery | 06/12/05 |
#44221 | The Math Tutor | 2.65 | 1.78 | whsprec | Nicole is a math tutor. Brandon, Lamar, Aaron, Colin, and Justin are the kids she tutors, and she tutors each of them on a different day after school. As it happens, no two children are in the same grade; they range from first to fifth grade. The mothers of the boys are Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Burch, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. F... | No hint available. | Monday: Lamar Bailey, second grade
Tuesday: Colin Foster, first grade
Wednesday: Brandon Burch, third grade
Thursday: Justin Waters, fifth grade
Friday: Aaron Prescott, fourth grade | Logic-Grid | 03/08/09 |
#5836 | Always Near Your Side | 2.27 | 0.99 | cleverclogs | I have no particular shape or size,
I am usually dark and I am often used to disguise,
Within me people may hide,
Yet I am always near your side.
What am I? | I'm with you wherever you go. | A shadow (or group of shadows). | Riddle | 07/23/02 |
#11149 | Will Will Turn in His Grave | 2.76 | 2.05 | MrIxolite | What phrase is masquerading as a rebus here?
The part of Romeo will be played by Foghorn Leghorn
The part of Juliette will be played by The Kellogg's Chicken | No hint available. | Foul (Fowl) Play | Rebus | 03/14/03 |
#49988 | Slush Shack | 2.56 | 2.84 | eighsse | You have a small shack in a parking lot, out of which you sell slushes for a few hours a day. You sell them in 4 sizes: small (12 oz), medium (20 oz), large (32 oz), and x-large (40 oz), and you charge $1.50, $2.25, $3.75, and $4.50 for each size, respectively. The cups cost you 3 cents for small, 5 cents for medium,... | Here is the profit made on each size (found using the information in the first few sentences):
Small: $0.75
Medium: $1.00
Large: $1.75
X-large: $2.00 | (1): m=4s
(2): m > l > x > s
(3): 75s + 100m + 175l + 200x = 4650, divided by 25 gives...
(4): 3s + 4m + 7l + 8x = 186
(1) subbed into (4) gives (5): 19s + 7l + 8x = 186
Can s=2? m would be 8, the maximum for l would be 7, and the maximum for x would be 6. For these maximum values, (5) says 135 = 186. The left si... | Math | 11/01/13 |
#3296 | Going On a Picnic | 2.18 | 1.77 | acegirl | "I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking apples," said Jenessa.
"I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking bananas," said Collen.
"I'm going to bring carrots," said a third person.
What are you going to bring? | Look for something similar about the items that are listed. | Something beginning with the letter "D." | Language | 04/06/02 |
#2693 | Gold as Sunshine | 2.51 | 1.69 | Vanz | I am as gold as sunshine,
Yet I'm white as winter,
I bring joy into the world,
I taste good,
Yet I'm fragile.
What am I? | Item of a holiday | An egg | Riddle | 03/14/02 |
#15969 | Unscramble and Add | 2.47 | 2.22 | liltunalol | Unscramble the following four words. All four are missing the same one letter. What is the letter?
IOERNDC
ILMEP
CTLAE
TRING | No hint available. | The missing letter is S.
Consider
Simple
Castle (or Cleats)
String | Language | 12/29/03 |
#29088 | Science Test | 2.65 | 1.83 | teaserboy | One day a science teacher decided to give her class a test. She gave her class a paper with lists of chemical elements, and a space. She told her class to find the type of people that fits in each space.
1. Phosphorus-Oxygen-Lithium-Sulfur-Hydrogen
2. Americium-Erbium-Iodine-Calcium-Nitrogen-Sulfur
3. Sulfur-Tun... | No hint available. | 1. Polish
2. Americans
3. Swiss
4. Pirates | Science | 03/13/06 |
#38161 | Men Have One, Women Have Two | 2.49 | 1.78 | rp3000gt | As most of us know, men and women are different in numerous ways.
What is something that every man has one of and every woman has two of? | Think genetics | X Chromosome.
Men have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome and women have two X chromosomes. | Riddle | 09/07/07 |
#8799 | Following You | 2.53 | 1.52 | heatherfeather | I am something that follows you wherever you go.
I normally come in pairs.
I get messed up by water, wind, and rain.
What am I? | No hint available. | A foot print. | Riddle | 11/28/02 |
#21139 | It All Adds Up | 2.12 | 2 | fishmed | The first number to have its factors add up to be more than itself is 12 (6, 4, 3, 2, 1). This does not include the number itself. Quickly now, what are the next three numbers for which this can be said? | No hint available. | 18 (9, 6, 3, 2, 1)
20 (10, 5, 4, 2, 1)
24 (12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | Math | 02/21/05 |
#43858 | The Intruder | 3.32 | 2.63 | Psychic_Master | Emily was sitting at her study table, home alone, on a cold and stormy night. Her parents had taken a flight earlier in the morning to Australia as her grandmother had passed away. She had wanted to follow her parents but she had an important English examination the next day which she could not miss.
The storm was ge... | Read the conversation carefully and think outside the box. | Emily had used the mute button during her conversation with Anna so that all Anna heard was: "call...help...emergency...please hurry". Anna, sensing something was wrong, called the police and told them Emily's address. The police were able to come to Emily's house in time to catch the perpetrator. | Mystery | 01/06/09 |
#39728 | Who We Are 2 | 2.29 | 2.34 | aresII | The following quote defines who we are.
Can you decode it?
Q=G
"OXHNP KREL HPREQPHJ; HPIK UINRAI ORLSJ.
OXHNP KREL ORLSJ; HPIK UINRAI XNHZRBJ.
OXHNP KREL XNHZRBJ; HPIK UINRAI PXUZHJ.
OXHNP KREL PXUZHJ; HPIK UINRAI NPXLXNHIL.
OXHNP KREL NPXLXNHIL; ZH UINRAIJ KREL SIJHZBK." - DLXBY REHCXO | B=N
D=F
Y=K | "WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS; THEY BECOME WORDS.
WATCH YOUR WORDS; THEY BECOME ACTIONS.
WATCH YOUR ACTIONS; THEY BECOME HABITS.
WATCH YOUR HABITS; THEY BECOME CHARACTER.
WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY." - FRANK OUTLAW
KEY:
A=M
B=N
C=L
D=F
E=U
H=T
I=E
J=S
K=Y
L=R
N=C
O=W
P=H
Q=G
R=O
S=D
U=B... | Cryptography | 12/21/07 |
#4809 | Weighing Vegetables | 2.2 | 1.75 | mad-ade | Mad Ade was weighing vegetables with a pair of scales. Mad Ade noticed that the scales will balance if 1 head of cabbage and 1 lemon are on one side and 7 tomatoes are on the other. Also 3 lemons will balance with 1 ½ tomatoes. How many tomatoes did Mad Ade need to balance with 1 head of cabbage? | No hint available. | 1 head of cabbage will balance with 6 ½ tomatoes. If 3 lemons balance with 1 ½ tomatoes, then 1 lemon is equal in weight to ½ tomato. To find out how many tomatoes balance with the cabbage, subtract the equivalent of a lemon, or half a tomato, from each side. | Math | 06/18/02 |
#8587 | Number Trouble | 2.3 | 2 | lesternoronha1 | Find the lowest positive number divisible by all the single digit numbers 1 to 9. | No hint available. | The number is 2520.
2*3*2*5*7*2*3=2520 | Math | 11/19/02 |
#27188 | Word Temple ~ The Search For Tutankhamen | 2.84 | 3.05 | cdrock | Professor History of Teaser Town, was in the middle of a school day, and teaching his students about Egyptian times. Not a few hours later did he think up an idea.
He decided to take a field trip to find the lost temple of Tutankhamen.
The next day, the arrangements were made, and the group was out on a desert a... | No hint available. | I (clue 6)
PI (clue 1)
PIE (clue 5)
PINE (clue 4)
PAINE (clue 7)
RAPINE (clue 3)
PLAINER(clue 8)
LANPHIER (clue 2) | Language | 11/27/05 |
#8419 | Burning Ice | 2.75 | 2.54 | stonemug | Bob dares Jack to squeeze an ice cube in the palm of his hand, as tightly as he can for 5 minutes. Within a matter of seconds Jack starts to feel a burning sensation. Trying to prove his manhood Jack bears the pain as long as he can. About 65 seconds later, Jack opens his hand and quickly wipes his palm clean, reve... | No hint available. | Bob coated the ice cube with salt before he handed it to Jack. The salt causes the ice cube to melt at a lower temperature. This creates a burning sensation, which feels similar to holding a lit match in the palm of your hand. The tighter you squeeze the more it burns. Within a matter of 90 seconds it will create... | Science | 11/08/02 |
#6038 | 63360 = I in a M | 2.26 | 2.03 | mad-ade | 63360 = I in a M | No hint available. | 63360 = Inches in a Mile | Letter-Equations | 07/29/02 |
#15497 | Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #1 | 2.42 | 1.78 | mad-ade | This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example, "a weird ape" would be "a funky monkey," or "a wealthy Halloween gal" would be "a rich witch."
1. a good piece of pizza
2. an obese feline
3. a dinner party for wild animals
4. a paw cover for a... | No hint available. | 1. a nice slice
2. a fat cat
3. a beast feast
4. a kitten mitten
5. the chief thief | Language | 11/22/03 |
#44442 | Add a Letter 28 | 2.14 | 1.6 | cnmne | Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided.
1) a statement of justification & an act of overthrowing the government (6 letters)
2) to cross a body of water by w... | No hint available. | 1) reason & treason
2) ford & fjord
3) ruse & rouse
4) below & bellow | Language | 05/11/09 |
#42720 | Hawaiian Mathology | 2.02 | 2.78 | cnmne | Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed "Father of Mathology", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Hawaiian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be rep... | No hint available. | 107090 + 90636 + 9054 = 206780
107090 + 90656 + 9034 = 206780
205090 + 90414 + 9076 = 304580
205090 + 90474 + 9016 = 304580
403090 + 90212 + 9068 = 502370
403090 + 90262 + 9018 = 502370
603090 + 90212 + 9048 = 702350
603090 + 90242 + 9018 = 702350
705090 + 90414 + 9026 = 804530
705090 + 90424 + 9016 = 804530 | Cryptography | 08/06/08 |
#45235 | Words With PP | 1.87 | 1.75 | cnmne | Five words that contain PP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
*PP**, *PP***, **PP**, ***PP*, ***PP**
Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, F, H, I, L, N, O, O, R, R, T, U, W, Y | No hint available. | UPPER, APPEND, COPPER, FLOPPY, WHIPPET | Language | 09/06/09 |
#48832 | Feather Bluster | 2 | 0.9 | bubbubfilt | Joseph collects bird feathers. He has three nice ones: an eagle, a raven, and a starling. Each one is displayed with a differently colored index card. They are arranged in a certain order.
Unfortunately, Joseph's sister knocked over his collection. She only remembers four things. Can you help her put it back together?... | No hint available. | The raven feather was first. It was with the red card.
The starling feather was second. It was with the blue card.
The eagle feather was last. It was with the green card. | Logic-Grid | 06/26/11 |
#5166 | Choice, Channel, Cookbook, Decided | 2.31 | 2.15 | im_para_noid | Which word does not belong?
CHOICE, CHANNEL, COOKBOOK, DECIDED | No hint available. | CHANNEL. All the others have letters with a horizontal line of symmetry. (Imagine putting a mirror through each letter. "A""L" and "N" are not the same on the top and bottom.) | Group | 07/03/02 |
#35457 | Opposites 25 | 2.44 | 2.26 | EnderofGames | In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters.
@ stands for E, M, J, O, or A
% stands for R, L, A, C, or Y
$ stands for G, W, F, A, or R
) stands for R, Q, U, S, or E
The four letter code word, $@%), can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words? | No hint available. | Fore and Rear. | Logic | 02/27/07 |
#42776 | Famous Phrases 4 | 2.1 | 3.03 | cnmne | Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by "_". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, "BO_N... | No hint available. | Quote 1: A rising tide lifts all boats. ~ John Kennedy
THAN / RATE + SING + BASS + COIL + BORN + GROW / STAR + CHIP + MILD + EASE / KILL + FIND + SELF + RATE + WISH / RAIN + LAIR + GOAL / SNOB + FOOL + GALA + HILT + CASE. ~ JADE + HALO + SHOE + BURN / KITE + LANE + NINE + GONE + EAST + DEAL + TEAR
Quote 2: Don't sho... | Cryptography | 08/12/08 |
#29411 | To Infinity and Beyond! | 2.28 | 2.25 | Cogmatic | In the function f(x), f(x) equals the sum of the digits of x and the sum of the new number's digits and so on until one digit is remaining. For example:
f(787)=f(7+8+7)=f(22)=f(2+2)=f(4)=4
and
f(9135899)=f(9+1+3+5+8+9+9)= f(44)=f(4+4)=f(8)=8
So, if we assume that infinity is equal to 9999999999999... with an inf... | No hint available. | f(infinity)=9
Any number with all nines for digits will all add up to nine:
f(9)=9
f(99)=f(18)=f(9)=9
f(999)=f(27)=f(9)=9
f(99999999999999)=f(126)=f(9)=9 | Math | 03/30/06 |
#4544 | X-Der | 2.27 | 2.28 | chickenpuff7 | What word is depicted below?
X-der | No hint available. | Tender (X is the roman number 10) | Rebus | 06/06/02 |
#34603 | The Comic Book Club | 2.93 | 2.01 | thompson1 | The "Comic Book Club" was having it's monthly meeting in Adam's treehouse. Adam, who was the head of the club, decided to make a master list of each member's first name, last name, favorite comic book, and how many they each have. Each member wrote down their information so Adam could make the list later at his house. ... | No hint available. | Thomas Johnson has 7 Captain America comics.
Colin Campbell has 2 Hulk comics.
James Mitchell has 6 Superman comics.
Adam Arnold has 9 Spiderman comics.
Mark Taylor has 5 Batman comics.
Adam was able to finish the master list (and wash his hands) in time for the next meeting! | Logic-Grid | 12/27/06 |
#50397 | Pedantic Time | 2.84 | 1.9 | dalfamnest | What do these five movie titles have in common?
1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
4. Eight Legged Freaks
5. The Ladies Man | Don't think too much about the movies just the titles (or this sentence!) | Bad grammar or punctuation - yes, very pedantic!
1. Commas: My Big, Fat, Greek ...
2. Question mark: Who Framed ... ?
3. Past participle: Honey, I've ...
4. Hyphen: Eight-Legged ...
5. Apostrophe: - Ladies'
In 2013, Time Magazine identified ten of these (hence the teaser title!) The other five were:
* Star Tre... | Group | 07/12/14 |
#6676 | Add a Line | 2.65 | 1.91 | scout2001 | Add one line to the Roman numeral below to make it into an even number.
IX | No hint available. | SIX
No one said it had to be a straight line, or that the answer was a Roman numeral. | Trick | 08/19/02 |
#30637 | Words With VI | 2.63 | 2.83 | cnmne | Five words that contain VI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
VI---, --VI-, --VI--, VI-----, ---VI--
Pool: A, A, B, B, D, E, E, G, L, N, N, O, R, R, R, S, T, T, U, Y | No hint available. | VIRUS, DEVIL, BOVINE, VIBRANT, GRAVITY | Language | 05/22/06 |
#33810 | Word Fusion 12 | 2.82 | 2.19 | cnmne | Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This me... | No hint available. | 1) alter + native = alternative
2) fur + ring = furring
3) war + den = warden
4) lug + gage = luggage | Language | 11/03/06 |
#30046 | Odd Month Out | 2.72 | 1.29 | katie56 | Out of these dates, which is the odd one out?
September 30th
January 31st
April 30th
July 30th
October 31st | There is a rhyme that will tell you the answer. | July 30th
This is the only day that's not the last day of the month. | Group | 04/25/06 |
#11835 | Rainy Day | 2.35 | 1.01 | arij | When rain comes down, what goes up? | No hint available. | Umbrellas | Riddle | 04/18/03 |
#3912 | 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17 | 2.2 | 2.02 | mad-ade | What is the connection between these numbers:
3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17 | No hint available. | When in their written form, the only vowel these numbers use is the vowel 'e'. | Group | 05/06/02 |
#30034 | Word Swap #9 | 2.75 | 2.43 | fishmed | The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words
1. My __________ are so talented that we are putting on a show. My extended family is so __________ that we have singers, dancers, a magician as well as a band.
2. As the crime scene... | No hint available. | 1. RELATIVES, VERSATILE
2. CONIFERS, FORENSIC
3. PEARS, SPARE | Language | 04/25/06 |
#23599 | Sisters 2 | 2.1 | 0.85 | sk8ergrl | A 40 year old woman hadn't seen her sister in 4 years. They decided to get together and meet at a mall with their kids. The first woman has a boy and 2 girls. The second has 2 boys and 2 girls. How many sisters are there in all? | Don't forget about the moms. | 6 | Logic | 06/12/05 |
#30150 | 257, 178, 259, 173, 261, 168, 263, 163, ?, ? | 2.19 | 2.06 | Victor | What are the next two numbers in this series?
257, 178, 259, 173, 261, 168, 263, 163, ?, ? | No hint available. | 265, 158.
Odd-positioned (first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth...) numbers increase by 2, while even-positioned (second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth...) numbers decrease by 5. | Series | 04/29/06 |
#34010 | Murder at Grammar Manor | 2.93 | 2.65 | CountdownCrispy | Grammar Manor once again provided the perfect backdrop for the annual Punctuation Ball, hosted by Lord Charles of Colon and his dainty wife Sandra of Semicolon. Herbert Hash conducted the large brass band who were playing a slow song as the assembled punctuation marks danced serif in serif.
The evening, as it did in ... | Two tips here: firstly, check the category of this puzzle. Secondly, *listen* to what Sergeant Ampersand says. | Edward Ellipsis killed Lord Charles.
Sergeant Ampersand didn't say "it's a mystery", but rather, "it's a Mr. E". The only person in the list of suspects whose name begins with E is Edward Ellipsis. | Trick | 11/18/06 |
#38246 | Emit | 2.85 | 1.87 | lilredc5 | I can tell it,
But it will not listen
As it passes by.
At one point I had it,
But now I can't find it
So I must buy it.
It's a challenge to make
But tempting to take
So often I do.
Adversity strikes,
I surely am in it,
Seldom on it.
Laughter and tears
Are all but forgotten
When they're given it.
If ... | No hint available. | Time | Riddle | 09/11/07 |
#33147 | Pass the Relish | 2.66 | 1.81 | calmsavior | What does this represent?
___ ( Porky + Babe ) et | Related to hot dogs. | Pigs in a blanket.
Porky + Babe = Pigs
___ = Blank
Blank(Pigs)et = Pigs in a blanket | Rebus | 09/23/06 |
#38675 | Quotes #9 | 2.72 | 2.74 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the... | Leadership | Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight Eisenhower | Language | 10/08/07 |
#52189 | Airport Codes | 2.27 | 3.04 | Jakob99 | You will be given a list of ten words and your job is to search each word and find the airport codes hidden in each word. For some airport codes, a business name or person may be used in place of a word when one does not exist. There is a hint, but is strongly advised not to look at it unless it is absolutely necessary... | Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Moline, Illinois,
Denver, Colorado
Atlanta, Georgia
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Minneapolis, Minnesota
San Francisco, California
San Diego, California,
New York City, New York | Concord->ORD->O'hare International Airport
Relax->LAX->Los Angeles International Airport
Mlive News Michigan->MLI->Quad Cities International Airport
Diarrhea->DIA->Denver International Airport
Atlas->ATL->Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Tulsi Gabbard->TUL->Tulsa International Airport
Mspy->MSP->M... | Language | 04/18/19 |
#5492 | Elevator Enigma | 2.5 | 2.86 | Sir_Col | A man enters a lift of a high rise building, takes off one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. The next day, the same man enters the lift, puts on one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. Why? | Note that he only had a glove on one hand. | He was blind and on the first day he realised that the buttons were touch sensitive so he had to take his glove off. Unfortunately, due to his blindness, he had to feel for the tenth button and in the process pressed every button up to the tenth floor - causing the lift to stop at every floor en-route. The next day, vi... | Situation | 07/11/02 |
#13923 | Songs for a Sunny Day | 2.51 | 1.26 | jessicag | You can see me on a clear sunny day,
Or when you look at earth from far away.
You feel me when you are feeling down,
and I've been sung about many a time, in many a town.
What am I? | No hint available. | Blue.
The sky is blue on a clear day.
The earth is blue from space (or at least it's considered the blue planet).
When you're down you feel blue,
and singers have been singing about the blues for many years. | Riddle | 07/21/03 |
#48011 | 5, 8, 12, 18, ?, ? | 2.42 | 2.18 | racoonieboy | What two numbers fit in the blanks?
5, 8, 12, 18, __, __, 36, 42, 52, 60... | No hint available. | 24, 30.
Each number is two prime numbers added to each other. The two primes are consecutive and are ascending.
5=2+3, 8=3+5, 12=5+7, 18=7+11, 24=11+13, 30=13+17, etc. | Series | 09/25/10 |
#17429 | Can You Find the Palindrome? # 4 | 2.3 | 1.52 | spookboy0 | In the below sentence there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - []. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome.
[Presently] I [look at] [insects that sting] I [was rewarded]. | No hint available. | Now, I see bees I won. | Language | 04/19/04 |
#12690 | The Magnificent Manus | 2.85 | 2.57 | Codammanus | Manus the Magnificent has an extraordinary skill. Armed with his 1000 year old sword, he can cut in half anything brought to him. And I do mean ANYTHING. People have brought him things you would never think could be cut in half. Manus always finds a way to do it though. Of course, Manus has a few rules. You can't bring... | No hint available. | The man accepting Manus' challenge is what you might call a 'little person.' (He stands at 4' 11" tall). Like Manus, he has an extraordinary skill: He can hold his breath for up to three minutes! He therefore put himself in the 4'x2' fiberglass box. He held his breath while in the box to meet Manus' requirement of 'not... | Situation | 05/25/03 |
#34333 | What Words #29 | 2.72 | 1.74 | fishmed | Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended.
Example: EVER - ______ - HORN
Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN
1. WAVE - __________ - WISE
2. SNOW - __________ - SHARE
3. DEATH - __________ - BAND | No hint available. | 1. WAVE - LENGTH - WISE
2. SNOW - PLOW - SHARE
3. DEATH - WATCH - BAND | Language | 12/10/06 |
#19288 | Incarcerated Breakfast | 2.65 | 1.78 | MrIxolite | What phrase is this?
Incarcerated Breakfast
Locked up Coffee and Biscuits
Emancipated Lunch (Myth)
Imprisoned Dinner | No hint available. | There is no such thing as a free lunch.
The free (emancipated) lunch is a myth. | Rebus | 10/31/04 |
#6430 | Round I Start | 2.79 | 2 | NuttyPrince | Round I start, yet no shape have I.
Allow me to breathe, and my life will die.
The older I grow, the more sought after I become.
You will feel much better when I am done.
What am I? | No hint available. | A bottle of fine wine. | Riddle | 08/10/02 |
#33985 | Twisted Up | 2.89 | 1.81 | Sherilyn | Bob looked at an arrow. He instructed Maria to move according to the arrow. She couldn't because she was in a tight spot. She collapsed, exhausted.
What just happened? | No hint available. | Bob and Maria were playing a game of Twister. Bob spun the arrow and told Maria to move left foot red. She couldn't because her other body parts were tangled up and she collapsed, unable to stretch. | Situation | 11/16/06 |
#28190 | Runaways | 3.11 | 1.78 | harmonize9 | Oh no! All of the dogs on Lexington Avenue have run away from home. The owners quickly made police reports and luckily all the dogs were found. But the poor officers mixed up the paper work and can't figure out who owns which dog, where they were found, and in what order. They are in great need of help. Can you figure ... | No hint available. | 1) Sam, Spot, Parking Lot, 2nd
2) Bailey, Roscoe, Pound, 5th
3) Chase, Butch, Park, 4th
4) Joel, Heinz, Restaurant, 1st
5) Paige, Wiggles, Neighbor, 3rd | Logic-Grid | 01/21/06 |
#2321 | Range Mean Mode Median | 2.16 | 2.09 | jokester8000 | Find a set of 7 natural numbers with a range, mean, mode, and median of 7. | No hint available. | 5 5 6 7 7 7 12 | Math | 02/14/02 |
#51120 | Tippie-Toe ! | 1.52 | 1.8 | BadBunnee02 | 01. Salli
02. Sallie
03. Sallee
04. Sally | No hint available. | "sally forth"
Jay (BadBunnee02) | Rebus | 05/22/17 |
#11785 | Body Language | 3.02 | 1.78 | just_moi | Answer the following with parts of the body. The first one is free!
1. A strong box (chest)
2. Heard in congress while voting
3. Baby cows
4. A shellfish
5. A unit used to measure distance
6. Scholars
7. Part of a shoe
8. What every builder must have
9. Something made by whips
10. What soldiers car... | No hint available. | 2. Eyes and nose [Aye's and No's]
3. Calves
4. Muscle [Mussel]
5. Feet
6. Pupils
7. Heel [Sole and tongue are also acceptable]
8. Nails
9. Lashes
10. Arms | Language | 04/16/03 |
#33963 | Doing The Math On The Ever-Slowing Drive | 2.52 | 2.08 | shane91592 | You're driving your car on the highway at 75 mph, and you notice a sign that says you are 75 miles from your destination. So if you continue driving at that speed, you'd be there in an hour.
When you have driven one mile and you are now 74 miles from your destination, you drop your speed down to 74 mph.
So, you dri... | No hint available. | It will take approximately 5 hours. The way to figure this one out is to divide 60 by 1, 60 by 2, 60 by 3....60 by 74, 60 by 75. Once you have found the answer to each of those equations, add them all up, and this will give you your answer in minutes. To get the answer in hours,just divide the number of minutes by sixt... | Math | 11/14/06 |
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