Brain teaser

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Apr 4, 2012 16:21:03 GMT -5 taltos said:

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

A
AT
ANT
GNAT
AGENT
GARNET
GARMENT
ARGUMENT

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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.'

I think that's all of them!

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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 A B R I C

2. T H I R S T

3. A L U M N A

4. D E F I N E

5. A S T U T E

6. H I J A C K

Very interesting.

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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 = ? Chloe
2. used to refer to oneself + competed in a race = ? Chloe
3. anger or wrath + to lower an airplane from sky to ground = ?
4. a relaxing resort + not out = ? AVP
5. never used + enthusiastic devotion + in addition to = ? ?

3. ire/land IRELAND
5. new/zeal/and NEW ZEALAND

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Apr 4, 2012 16:24:51 GMT -5 taltos said:

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

It helped that each used the last word in the sentence.

SHEET
BINGE
TREAD
DREAD
SABER
CLOUD

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I feel like I am being greedy solving three of them. But I enjoy doing this.

[taltos]

Apr 5, 2012 12:05:05 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Apr 4, 2012 16:21:03 GMT -5 taltos said:

6) An attracting object

GARNET

I suppose garnets could be attractive to some people (I like them), but I think the clue is referring to something that can literally attract stuff. The rest are correct.

[taltos]

Apr 5, 2012 12:05:10 GMT -5 avp60685 said:

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.'

I think that's all of them!

You're missing two ('colour' doesn't count as a colour ).

Everything else looks good. BTW, 'Switzerland' was correct on the last page too... I think I missed noting that one.

[taltos]

In this puzzle, your job is form eight (8) complete words from list A, B, & C. In each list, there are parts of words. Choose one word part from each list (A, B, C) to form the new word.

Example:

CORN + ERST + ONE = CORNERSTONE

List A:
FOR ANT EM BOO PER IN MAT NO

List B:
CUB IS ME ON IT EN AD PA

List C:
COPE THY DAY SIC ATE RUST RANG OR

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Name the automobile makes:

1. river wading place
2. ringed planet
3. famous emancipator
4. weep convulsively
5. Star Wars action figure
6. earth wanderer
7. spotted cat
8. heavy metal
9. evade
10. diminutive
11. endlessness
12. bawl + disparaging remark

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Two numbers are given in each sentence that need to be replaced by words. Each word is an anagram of the other, except that one word contains an additional letter that the other word lacks. When this additional letter is removed, each word can be made by using the letters of the other word in each sentence. Based on the clues given in each sentence, do your best to figure out what the two words are. The numbers given in each sentence indicate the number of letters in each word. Some of the words may be formed without rearranging the letters, and the only difference between the words in this case is the one letter that has been added to one of the words.

1) The attorney was very happy. Not only had he just become a (7) in the firm, but his wife had just told him that he would be a (6) in a few months.

2) The (7) rode swiftly to fight the fire breathing (6).

3) He read in the ancient (4) that a (5) would strike the earth in ten years.

4) I heard the foreman (6) "look out (5)!"

5) The gambler was able to (6) that his opponent was only holding a (5).

6) The Great (6) was not in 1812. You are in (5).

7) In that (6) lies a hero who lost his life to an archer's (5).

8) A (4) began to form between them when he started to (5) with others.

9) It appeared that the (5) had eaten the young man. All that could be found was the (4) he had worn to the fraternity party.

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Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing.

1a) a bone in the leg
1b) arboreal mammal, common to Madagascar
1c) to take exception or object

2a) a mixture of liquids, as for medicine
2b) a liquid preparation for cosmetic use
2c) an opinion or view

3a) something having a spiral or twisted form
3b) to hold back or restrain
3c) the thick part of coagulated milk

4a) to beat or damage with repeated blows
4b) to trade by exchange of goods
4c) good-natured witty joking

5a) a long step
5b) a conflict or struggle
5c) to hit sharply

6a) medicinal ointment
6b) a device that regulates flow through a pipe
6c) to divide into two equal parts

7a) not coarse
7b) a musical instrument
7c) a collection of papers

8a) meager
8b) sweet baked good
8c) storage room for food

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Apr 5, 2012 15:34:35 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 5, 2012 12:05:05 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

GARNET

I suppose garnets could be attractive to some people (I like them), but I think the clue is referring to something that can literally attract stuff. The rest are correct.

MAGNET

See how my mind works?

[taltos]

That's the kind of thinking you need in some of these puzzles... just not that one. ;D

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Apr 5, 2012 15:54:35 GMT -5 taltos said:

In this puzzle, your job is form eight (8) complete words from list A, B, & C. In each list, there are parts of words. Choose one word part from each list (A, B, C) to form the new word.

Example:

CORN + ERST + ONE = CORNERSTONE

List A:
FOR ANT EM BOO PER IN MAT NO

List B:
CUB IS ME ON IT EN AD PA

List C:
COPE THY DAY SIC ATE RUST RANG OR

FORENSIC
ANTITRUST
EMPATHY
BOOMERANG
PERISCOPE
INCUBATE
MATADOR
NOONDAY

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Name the automobile makes:

I really suck at naming automobiles, but I'm trying.

2. ringed planet SATURN
3. famous emancipator LINCOLN
4. weep convulsively SAAB
5. Star Wars action figure SKYLANDER
6. earth wanderer NOMAD
7. spotted cat LYNX

11. endlessness INFINITY

[taltos]

Apr 7, 2012 20:30:50 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

FORENSIC
ANTITRUST
EMPATHY
BOOMERANG
PERISCOPE
INCUBATE
MATADOR
NOONDAY

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Apr 7, 2012 20:37:46 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Name the automobile makes:

I really suck at naming automobiles, but I'm trying.

2. ringed planet SATURN
3. famous emancipator LINCOLN
4. weep convulsively SAAB
5. Star Wars action figure SKYLANDER
6. earth wanderer NOMAD
7. spotted cat LYNX

11. endlessness INFINITY

While 5, 6 & 7 could maybe be answers to the clues, I believe your answers are models not 'makes'.

ETA: the others are correct. The answer to #6 is the only one that is two words... all the others are single words.

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Apr 7, 2012 20:43:23 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 7, 2012 20:37:46 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

I really suck at naming automobiles, but I'm trying.

2. ringed planet SATURN
3. famous emancipator LINCOLN
4. weep convulsively SAAB
5. Star Wars action figure SKYLANDER
6. earth wanderer NOMAD
7. spotted cat LYNX

11. endlessness INFINITY

While 5, 6 & 7 could maybe be answers to the clues, I believe your answers are models not 'makes'.

ETA: the others are correct. The answer to #6 is the only one that is two words... all the others are single words.

Thanks.
Edit: Is #5 FORD?

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Apr 5, 2012 15:57:31 GMT -5 taltos said:

Two numbers are given in each sentence that need to be replaced by words. Each word is an anagram of the other, except that one word contains an additional letter that the other word lacks. When this additional letter is removed, each word can be made by using the letters of the other word in each sentence. Based on the clues given in each sentence, do your best to figure out what the two words are. The numbers given in each sentence indicate the number of letters in each word. Some of the words may be formed without rearranging the letters, and the only difference between the words in this case is the one letter that has been added to one of the words.

1) The attorney was very happy. Not only had he just become a (7) in the firm, but his wife had just told him that he would be a (6) in a few months.

2) The (7) rode swiftly to fight the fire breathing (6).

3) He read in the ancient (4) that a (5) would strike the earth in ten years.

4) I heard the foreman (6) "look out (5)!"

5) The gambler was able to (6) that his opponent was only holding a (5).

6) The Great (6) was not in 1812. You are in (5).

7) In that (6) lies a hero who lost his life to an archer's (5).

8) A (4) began to form between them when he started to (5) with others.

9) It appeared that the (5) had eaten the young man. All that could be found was the (4) he had worn to the fraternity party.

1 PARTNER/PARENT
2. DRAGOON/DRAGON
3. TOME/COMET
4. BELLOW/BELOW
5. DEDUCE/DEUCE
6. TERROR/ERROR
7. BARROW/ARROW
8. RIFT/DRIFT
9. TIGER/RING

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Apr 7, 2012 21:51:56 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Apr 5, 2012 15:57:31 GMT -5 taltos said:

9) It appeared that the (5) had eaten the young man. All that could be found was the (4) he had worn to the fraternity party.

9. TIGER/RING

That's a possibility, but for what the guy had worn, think of more traditional fraternity party attire.

The others are correct.

[taltos]

Apr 7, 2012 21:47:36 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Edit: Is #5 FORD?

One of the answers is Ford, but not #5.

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Apr 7, 2012 22:15:25 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 7, 2012 21:47:36 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

Edit: Is #5 FORD?

One of the answers is Ford, but not #5.

Is Ford #1, as in "ford a stream"?

[taltos]

Correct

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Apr 7, 2012 20:43:23 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 7, 2012 20:37:46 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

I really suck at naming automobiles, but I'm trying.

2. ringed planet SATURN
3. famous emancipator LINCOLN
4. weep convulsively SAAB
5. Star Wars action figure SKYLANDER
6. earth wanderer NOMAD
7. spotted cat LYNX

11. endlessness INFINITY

While 5, 6 & 7 could maybe be answers to the clues, I believe your answers are models not 'makes'.

ETA: the others are correct. The answer to #6 is the only one that is two words... all the others are single words.

I had to get some help from my family after dinner and we came up with:
1. FORD
2. SATURN
3. LINCOLN
4. SAAB
5. TOYOTA
6. CHRYSLER
7. CHEETAH
8. MERCURY
9. DODGE
10. MINI
11. INFINITY
12. PLYMOUTH

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Apr 8, 2012 18:49:45 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

6. CHRYSLER
7. CHEETAH
12. PLYMOUTH

These are not correct, though one of them is an answer for one of the others.

I didn't even know there was a 'Cheetah' car. The official answer is a fairly well-known British luxury car manufacturer.

Remember #6's answer is two words (one for each part of the clue).

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Apr 8, 2012 20:19:31 GMT -5 taltos said:

Apr 8, 2012 18:49:45 GMT -5 AntiArbitrator said:

6. CHRYSLER
7. CHEETAH
12. PLYMOUTH

These are not correct, though one of them is an answer for one of the others.

I didn't even know there was a 'Cheetah' car. The official answer is a fairly well-known British luxury car manufacturer.

Remember #6's answer is two words (one for each part of the clue).

I was surprised about "Cheetah" because I had never heard of it. I also learned today that Jesus Christ is known as the "earth wanderer" and that's how I came up with "Chrysler".

Thanks for the hints.
6. LAND ROVER
7. JAGUAR
12. CHRYSLER

I get it now. Cry/Slur=Chrysler I may be slow, but I plod on.

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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.

there's the one i missed and still looking for number 11

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Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing.

1a) a bone in the leg FEMUR
1b) arboreal mammal, common to Madagascar LEMUR
1c) to take exception or object DEMUR

2a) a mixture of liquids, as for medicine POTION
2b) a liquid preparation for cosmetic use LOTION
2c) an opinion or view NOTION

3a) something having a spiral or twisted form CURLED
3b) to hold back or restrain CURBED
3c) the thick part of coagulated milk CURDED

4a) to beat or damage with repeated blows BATTER
4b) to trade by exchange of goods BARTER
4c) good-natured witty joking BANTER

5a) a long step STRIDE
5b) a conflict or struggle STRIFE
5c) to hit sharply STRIKE

6a) medicinal ointment SALVE
6b) a device that regulates flow through a pipe VALVE
6c) to divide into two equal parts HALVE

7a) not coarse
7b) a musical instrument
7c) a collection of papers

8a) meager PALTRY
8b) sweet baked good PASTRY
8c) storage room for food PANTRY

Daggumit! There's always one!