Brain teaser

[hammies revenge]

Apr 2, 2012 23:18:29 GMT -5 taltos said:

The name GEORGe mIchAel has the state GEORGIA hidden inside it, in order from left to right. Can you find the states hidden in each of the following?

1. MUSTACHE
2. MAX STEINER
3. GEORGE HARRISON
4. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
5. INTERDENOMINATIONAL
6. JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME
7. JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON

Utah, Maine, Ohio, Hawaii, Indiana, Nevada, Montana.

[hammies revenge]

Apr 2, 2012 23:19:19 GMT -5 taltos said:

Use the syllables in the sylalist to complete the clues below. Each clue gives how many syllables the answer of it has. Can you complete every question?

Sylalist: al, ag, er, ful, ga, hope, ig, im, ine, ize, loo, rand, re, rus, sa, wal

1. Arctic marine mammal (2)
2. Eskimo Home (2)
3. Optimistic (2)
4. Understand Clearly (3)
5. Chore (2)
6. Suppose (3)
7. Long Narrative (2)

Walrus, igloo, hopeful, realize, errand, imagine, saga.

[AntiArbitrator]

Mar 31, 2012 17:34:12 GMT -5 taltos said:

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Burn - Bead BUN/BREAD
2. Rid - Tripe AVP
3. Grove - Rout GROOVE/RUT
4. Charm - Rush AVP
5. Cream - Sweep SCREAM/WEEP
6. Open - Cop PEN/COOP
7. Cave - Curt CARVE/CUT
8. Cares - Pest CARESS/PET
9. Salve - Savage SAVE/SALVAGE
10. Whiled - Spurn WHIRLED/SPUN

[AntiArbitrator]

Apr 2, 2012 23:20:01 GMT -5 taltos said:

Can you name the salad veggies? Use synonyms of each word in the clue; put them together to sound out the answer.

EG. Clue: Dog Bloom
Answer: Cauliflower
Explanation: "Collie" "Flower"

1. Caution Groove
2. Rotate Bite
3. Fish-egg Hair
4. Allow We
5. Twirl Scratch
6. Taxi Shift
7. Animal-park Crucial Leg-joint
8. Signal Burden
9. Awesome Plate
10. Invigorate Each
11. Room Jumble
12. Compel Whip
13. Not Age

I have been working on this one for awhile. Once again, there is something that stumps me. Here are the rest.

1. CARROT (CARE/RUT)
2. TURNIP (TURN NIP)
3. ROMAINE (ROE/MANE)
4. LETTUCE (LET/US)
5. SPINACH (SPIN/ITCH)
6. CABBAGE (CAB/BAG)
7. ZUCCINI (Z00/KEY KNEE)
8. CUCUMBER (CUE/CUMBER)
9. RADDISH (RAD/DISH)
10. PEPPER (PEP/PER)
11. CELERY (CELL/
12.
13. ONION (UN/ONE)

[taltos]

Apr 3, 2012 15:58:28 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

11. CELERY (CELL/
12.
13. ONION (UN/ONE)

Official answer:
11. cell / lurry
13. un / eon

You still got them right though I found a lot of those quite tricky.

12 - hint: the synonym for 'compel' used is a rather obscure Old Norse word (3 letters)

You guys have been very busy today. Good job.

[taltos]

Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B.

Group A
1. Sharp
2. Snaky
3. Toner
4. Agree
5. Optic
6. Neigh
7. Rosin

Group B
1. Singing voice
2. Golf clubs
3. Subject
4. Stringed instruments
5. Jointed device
6. Type of beaver
7. Americans overseas

[taltos]

Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given below them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters.

1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter.
2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter.
3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter.
4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter.
5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter.

[taltos]

12-year old Forrie stayed with his Auntie Jenn while his parents drove to Prosper, Connecticut for a second honeymoon. It seemed that whatever Jenn would say, Forrie would twist around to almost the opposite phrasing, and vice versa.

Over the week, they conceived several sets of words that you might think were opposites. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with "pro" and the second starts with "con".

Forrie gave the list to his parents when they returned. Without conferring, Prospera was confident of 5 of the 6 problems, conceding only one; Connor consequently probed only 4. Can you connect on all six?

1. division of Canada or France -- win over
2. argue against -- competition
3. geometry tool -- builder
4. a stage play -- property of electrical transmission
5. intellectually deep -- befuddle
6. advance -- legislature

[taltos]

This teaser is in honor of man's quest to quench his thirst with non-alcoholic beverages. Can you figure out what drinks are depicted below?

1. A practitioner of medicine + spicy hot pod like fruit that grows on plants.
2. Dried and powdered rhizome used as spice + another name for beer.
3. Underground portion of a plant + another name for ale.
4. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass and a height greater than that of a hill + water droplets condensed from the air.
5. A powder made from cacao seeds + tropical African evergreen plant having reddish fragrant nutlike seeds.

[hammies revenge]

Apr 3, 2012 18:09:02 GMT -5 taltos said:

12-year old Forrie stayed with his Auntie Jenn while his parents drove to Prosper, Connecticut for a second honeymoon. It seemed that whatever Jenn would say, Forrie would twist around to almost the opposite phrasing, and vice versa.

Over the week, they conceived several sets of words that you might think were opposites. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with "pro" and the second starts with "con".

Forrie gave the list to his parents when they returned. Without conferring, Prospera was confident of 5 of the 6 problems, conceding only one; Connor consequently probed only 4. Can you connect on all six?

1. division of Canada or France -- win over
2. argue against -- competition
3. geometry tool -- builder
4. a stage play -- property of electrical transmission
5. intellectually deep -- befuddle
6. advance -- legislature

Province/convince
Protest/contest
Protractor/contractor
Profound/confound
Production/conduction
Progress/congress

[AntiArbitrator]

Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B.

Group A
1. Sharp HARPS=STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
2. Snaky YANKS=AMERICANS OVERSEAS
3. Toner TENOR=SINGING VOICE
4. Agree EAGER=BEAVER
5. Optic TOPIC=SUBJECT
6. Neigh HINGE=JOINTED DEVICE
7. Rosin IRONS=GOLF CLUBS
Group B
1. Singing voice
2. Golf clubs
3. Subject
4. Stringed instruments
5. Jointed device
6. Type of beaver
7. Americans overseas

[AntiArbitrator]

Apr 3, 2012 18:10:01 GMT -5 taltos said:

This teaser is in honor of man's quest to quench his thirst with non-alcoholic beverages. Can you figure out what drinks are depicted below?

1. A practitioner of medicine + spicy hot pod like fruit that grows on plants.
2. Dried and powdered rhizome used as spice + another name for beer.
3. Underground portion of a plant + another name for ale.
4. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass and a height greater than that of a hill + water droplets condensed from the air.
5. A powder made from cacao seeds + tropical African evergreen plant having reddish fragrant nutlike seeds.

1. DR. PEPPER
2. GINGER ALE
3. ROOT BEER
4. MOUNTAIN DEW
5. CHOCOLATE YOOHOO

[AntiArbitrator]

Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given below them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters.

1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter. WRECK
2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter. ZEAL
3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter. TRUNK
4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter. BIAS
5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter. DUSK

SWITZERLAND

[avp60685]

Are there any others that need solving?

[AntiArbitrator]

Apr 4, 2012 15:58:59 GMT -5 avp60685 said:

Are there any others that need solving?

See posts #393 and #394 - could not solve one of the words.
All teasers have been attempted. I could not completely solve the "password" puzzle either.

We need some new ones.

[taltos]

Apr 4, 2012 14:35:42 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

5. CHOCOLATE YOOHOO

Coca-Cola (Cocoa + Kola)

[AntiArbitrator]

Apr 4, 2012 16:15:29 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 4, 2012 14:35:42 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

5. CHOCOLATE YOOHOO

Coca-Cola (Cocoa + Kola)

Thanks for not torturing me. I don't know "kola".

[taltos]

There are a few others riddles & puzzles that are unsolved hiding in these pages (like InsertBrainHere's Buffalo one, post #393). One of these days I'll go through and repost everything remaining... but not today.

AVP - did my hint not help for the password puzzle? You're halfway there figuring out the clue.

[taltos]

See if you can figure out the words in this "pyramid" using the hints given below. Each new word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus a new letter.

1) First letter of the English alphabet
2) Present; attending
3) Loves picnics
4) A small biter
5) Pro ballplayers have one
6) An attracting object
7) An article of clothing
8) A heated debate

[taltos]

Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S; add A B and C it would become ABACUS.

1. F _ _ R I _

2. T H I _ _ _

3. A _ U _ _ A

4. _ _ _ I N E

5. A _ _ _ T E

6. _ _ _ A C K

[taltos]

Can you find the eleven different hidden colours in the following paragraph ?:

Many injured animals are invited to live at the 'Toronto Range'. Stop in kangaroo corner and marvel at the lovely creatures within. Dig over the potato patch to find small furry caterpillars, but don't yell! Owls can be found swooping for edible rodents, earwigs or perhaps bluebottles in the undergrowth. The brown bear, Rob, lacks grace and may look like an ogre, enter at your own risk! Peacocks can be found showing their colourful wares, which look fantastic when viewed with our ultraviolet torch.

[taltos]

The following clues each form a unique word by themselves, add them together to get the name of a country. Example: blue and yellow mixed + solid ground = ? Answer: green + land = Greenland

1. frozen water + solid ground of the earth = ?
2. used to refer to oneself + competed in a race = ?
3. anger or wrath + to lower an airplane from sky to ground = ?
4. a relaxing resort + not out = ?
5. never used + enthusiastic devotion + in addition to = ? ?

[taltos]

Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence.

Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean)

1. You cover a mattress with one of these
2. Dangerous thing for an alcoholic to begin
3. Feature on which a tire might be rated
4. Feeling about a poisonous adder
5. Weapon that a cavalryman bears
6. It doesn't necessarily bring rain, but it could

[AntiArbitrator]

Thanks taltos. AVP, I am working on a project for awhile so have fun with anyone(s) you want.

[Watchtower]

Apr 4, 2012 16:24:07 GMT -5 taltos said:

The following clues each form a unique word by themselves, add them together to get the name of a country. Example: blue and yellow mixed + solid ground = ? Answer: green + land = Greenland

1. frozen water + solid ground of the earth = ?
2. used to refer to oneself + competed in a race = ?
3. anger or wrath + to lower an airplane from sky to ground = ?
4. a relaxing resort + not out = ?
5. never used + enthusiastic devotion + in addition to = ? ?

1. Iceland
2. Iran
3.
4.
5.

Okay, I'm stumped on the last three...

[avp60685]

4. a relaxing resort + not out = ?

Spa+In=Spain

[Watchtower]

How did I not get number 4?

[avp60685]

I guess you're tired sis!

[Watchtower]

I am tired. I couldn't sleep a wink last night.

[avp60685]

I have one nearly figured out so that's good!