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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #37
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Q: "Take away my first letter; take away my second letter; take away
all my letters, and I would remain the same. What am I?"
A: The Mailman
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #36
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Q: "The rich men want it, the wise men know it, the poor all need it, and the kind men show it."
What is it?
A: Love.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #35
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Q: A fireman is running to get a net under
a lady who looks like she might jump off the balcony
of her 20 story apartment building. There is nothing
below her except a 20 story fall. The fireman
is 100 yds away when she falls and can't nearly
get there in time. The woman is not hurt, more
than a bruise. How is that possible?
A: She fell to the floor of her own balcony.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #34
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Q: What question can you never answer "yes" to?
A: Are you sleeping?
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #33
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Q: What's similar about the names of these
continents?
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Europe
A: They all start with the same letter
that they end with.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #32
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Q: The more you take the more you leave
behind. What are they?
A: Footsteps.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #31
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Q: A man has to take a dog, a cat, and
a mouse across a river. He can only take one of
the animals across at a time. If he takes the
mouse, the dog will eat the cat. If he takes the
dog, the cat will eat the mouse.
How does he get the three animals across the river?
A: First, the man takes the cat across
and goes back to get the mouse. The man then takes
the mouse across and returns with the cat. Next,
the man leaves the cat on the shore and takes
the dog across. He leaves the dog with the mouse.
Finally, the man goes back to get the cat and
all of the animals have made it across the river!
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #30
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Q: How would you rearrange the letters
in the words "New Door" to make one
word?
A: One word.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter - #29
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The puzzler solution is:
By adding their speeds, the hare and the tortoise
are together covering the distance at 10 miles
per hour. They will cover the distance of 40 miles
in 4 hours. Thus, in 4 hours, they will meet and
the hare will have traveled 36 miles.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter- #28
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The puzzler solution is:
Fraction of pole in the ground = 1/2
Fraction of pole covered by water = 1/3 Fraction
of pole in the ground and covered by water =
1/2 + 1/3 = (3 + 2)/6 = 5/6
Fraction of pole out of water = 1 - 5/6 = 1/6
Thus, one-sixth of the pole (out of water) is
10 ft.
So, total length of pole = 60 ft.
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter- #27
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Q: What occurs once in a
minute, twice in a moment, but never in an
hour?
A: M
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter- #26
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Q:
I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never
laugh and never cry;
On the same spot I'm always found, toiling
away with little sound.
What am I?
A: A Windmill
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The Visible
Edge Newsletter- #25
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Q:
Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder.
What am I?
A: A Waterfall
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The
Visible Edge Newsletter- #24
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Q:A word I know,
Six letters it contains,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.
A: Dozens
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The
Visible Edge Newsletter- #23
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Q: What is the significance of the
following:
The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past
noon on May 6th.
A: The time and month/date/year American
style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.
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The
Visible Edge Newsletter- #22
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Q: There's a certain 10-digit number
where that the first digit is equal to the
number of zeros in the entire number, the
second number is the number of 1's in the
entire number, and so on, to where the 10th
digit is the number of 9's in the entire number.
What is the number?
A: 6210001000
See - there are 6 zeros, 2 ones, 1 two,
and 1 six.
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The
Visible Edge Newsletter- #21
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Q: If I were in Hawaii and dropped
a bowling ball in a bucket of water which
is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball
of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket
at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same
time, which ball would hit the bottom of the
bucket first?
Same question, but the location is in Canada?
A: Both questions, same answer: the ball
in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the
bottom of the bucket last.
Did you think that the water in the 30
degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The
question said nothing about that bucket having
anything in it. Therefore, there is no water
(or ice) to slow the ball down...
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The
Visible Edge Newsletter- #20
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Q: Use the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and
6 once only, in this multiplication sum to
make it correct.
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Q: Try to determine this word.
I am 8 letters long - "12345678"
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition.
My 34567 supports a plant.
My 4567 is to appropriate.
My 45 is a friendly thank-you.
My 678 is a name.
What word am I?
A: MISTAKEN
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Q: You want to send a valuable object
to a friend. You have a box which is more
than large enough to contain the object. You
have several locks with keys. The box has
a locking ring which is more than large enough
to have a lock attached. But your friend does
not have the key to any lock that you have.
Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked
box, since it might be copied. How is this
done?
A: Attach a lock to the ring. Send it
to her. She attaches her own lock and sends
it back. You remove your lock and send it
back to her. She removes her lock.
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Q: You have two hourglasses--a 4-minute
glass and a 7-minute glass. You want to measure
9 minutes. How do you do it?
A: Start both hourglasses. When the 4-minute
glass runs out, turn it over (4 minutes elapsed).
When the 7-minute glass runs out, turn it
over (7 minutes elapsed). When the 4-minute
glass runs out this time (8 minutes elapsed),
the 7-minute glass has been running for 1
minute. Turn it over once again. When it stops,
9 minutes have elapsed.
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Q: If 2 hours ago it was as long after
one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before
one o'clock in the morning. What time would
it be now?
A: Nine o'clock. Since there are 12 hours
between the 2 times, and half of that time
is six, then the halfway mark would have to
be 7 o'clock. If it were 7 o'clock, two hours
ago, the time would now be nine o'clock.
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Q: Match the twelve definitions below
to the vocabulary words on the left
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1. _____ donnybrook
2. _____ boycott
3. _____ smithereens
4. _____ tanistry
5. _____ banshee
6. _____ brogue
7. _____ stout
8. _____ blarney
9. _____ leprechaun
10. _____ shillelagh
11. _____ limerick
12. _____ Saint Patrick
13. _____ shamrock
14. _____ stew
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a. Patron Saint of Ireland
b. type of humorous poem
c. formidable club or stick
d. small elf of Irish folklore
e. misleading nonsense
f. dark, sweet ale
g. strong dialectical accent
h. hearty meal
i. law of royal succession
j. fragments; bits
k. to refuse to deal with
l. classic knockdown brawl
m. national symbol of Ireland
n. female spirit who wails
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A:
1. donnybrook - l. classic knockdown
brawl
2. boycott - k. to refuse to
deal with
3. smithereens - j. fragments;
bits
4. tanistry - i. law of royal
succession
5. banshee - n. female spirit
who wails
6. brogue - g. strong dialectical
accent
7. stout - f. dark, sweet ale
8. blarney - e. misleading nonsense
9. leprechaun - d. small elf
of Irish folklore
10. shillelagh - c. formidable
club or stick
11. limerick - b. type of humorous
poem
12. Saint Patrick - a. Patron
Saint of Ireland
13. shamrock - m. national symbol
of Ireland
14. stew - h. hearty meal
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Q: The time piece with the fewest
number of moving parts is the sun dial. What
is the time piece with the most number of
moving parts?
A: An hour glass. Every grain of sand
has to move.
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Q:
1. The red "jelly" cranberry sauce
2. Pilgrim's friends Indians
3. Joyful happy
4. Mashed vegetables potatoes
5. How the founders got here Mayflower
6. Turkey Day Thanksgiving
7. Who you celebrate with family
8. Main dish turkey
9. Thanksgiving Day creators Pilgrims
10. After Thanksgiving, it's time to start?
shopping
11. It has floats parade
12. It goes in the bird stuffing
13. What you watch today football
14. Pour it on! gravy
15. Popular parade Macy's
16. Or sweet potatoes yams
17. It's time to party
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Q: This is the game where I give you
three words and you have to guess what the
link is between them. EXAMPLE: Tree, Car,
Elephant....
ANSWER: Trunks. Have fun and good
luck!
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A:
Question 1:
Surprise, Search, Slumber
The correct answer is party or parties.
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Question 2:
Softball, Baseball, Vampire
The correct answer is bats or bat.
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Question 3:
Yard, Pogo, Chop
The correct answer is sticks or stick.
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Question 4:
Gray, Red, Timber
The correct answer is wolves or wolf.
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Question 5:
Friendship, Hobby, Love Field.
The correct answer is airports or airport.
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Question 6:
Acetate, Cellophane, Polystyrene
The correct answer is plastics or plastic
and/or polymer or polymers.
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Question 7:
Pump, Flat, Clog
The correct answer is shoes or shoe.
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Question 8:
Head, Tail, Cross
The correct answer is wind or winds.
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Question 9:
Straight, Obtuse, Acute
The correct answer is angles or angle.
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Question 10:
Patriot, Poseidon, Polaris
The correct answer is missiles or missile.
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Question 11:
Igmar Stenmark, Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz
The correct answer is skiers or skier.
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Question 12:
Crab, Candy, Caramel
The correct answer is apples or apple.
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Question 13:
String, Navy, Green
The correct answer is beans or bean.
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Question 14:
Bermuda, Love, Right
The correct answer is triangles or triangle.
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Question 15:
Houston, Panama, Suez
The correct answer is canals or canal.
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Q: Directions: Change the letters
into words to form a well-known statement.
Do not use the numbers in your answers, just
write the word answers.
Example: 1000 Y in a M
Answer: Years in a millenium
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A:
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Question 1:
24 B in a C?
Accepted answers: "Bottles in a case" "beers
in a case"
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Question 2:
7 W of the W?
Accepted answers: "Wonders of the world"
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Question 3:
12 S of the Z?
Accepted answers: "Signs of the zodiac"
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Question 4:
9 P in the S S?
Accepted answers: "Planets in the solar system"
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Question 5:
4 Q in a G?
Accepted answers: "Quarts in a gallon"
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Question 6:
50 S in the U?
Accepted answers: "States in the union"
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Question 7:
18 H on a G C?
Accepted answers: "Holes on a golf course"
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Question 8:
13 S on the A F?
Accepted answers: "Stripes on the American
flag"
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Question 9:
7 D in a W?
Accepted answers: "Days in a week"
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Question 10:
11 P on a F T?
Accepted answers: "Players on a football team"
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Q: Play this game like a pro and you
will score a hat trick. Each answer pairs
up with the three other words to form a trio
of familiar phrases.
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| DEEP JERK CAP |
| BALL SANDWICH UNDER |
| NOSED CORE LUCK |
| COMPANY POLE ROOM |
| BACK BULB CARD |
| TOWN WRITER SHIP |
| CLIP MONEY MOON |
| ARTIST HATCH CLAUSE |
| UNION MARK WIND |
| BUISNESS SUIT WRENCH |
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| Knee |
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Knee Deep | Knee Jerk | Kneecap |
| Knuckle |
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Knuckle Ball | Knuckle Sandwich
| Knuckle Under |
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Hard Nosed | Hard Core | Hard Luck
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The Visible Edge Newsletter - #28 |
The puzzler solution is:
Fraction of pole in the ground = 1/2
Fraction of pole covered by water = 1/3 Fraction of pole in the ground and covered by water =
1/2 + 1/3 = (3 + 2)/6 = 5/6
Fraction of pole out of water = 1 - 5/6 = 1/6 Thus, one-sixth of the pole (out of water) is 11 ft.
So, total length of pole = 66 ft.
The Visible Edge Newsletter- #27 |
Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?
A: M |
The Visible Edge Newsletter- #26 |
Q:
I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry;
On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound.
What am I?
A: A Windmill |
The Visible Edge Newsletter- #25 |
Q:
Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A thing of wonder.
What am I?
A: A Waterfall |
The Visible Edge Newsletter- #24 |
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Q:A word I know,
Six letters it contains,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.
A: Dozens
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The Visible Edge Newsletter- #23 |
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Q: What is the significance of the following:
The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
A: The time and month/date/year American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.
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The Visible Edge Newsletter- #22 |
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Q: There's a certain 10-digit number where that the first digit is equal to the number of zeros in the entire number, the second number is the number of 1's in the entire number, and so on, to where the 10th digit is the number of 9's in the entire number.
What is the number?
A: 6210001000
See - there are 6 zeros, 2 ones, 1 two, and 1 six.
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The Visible Edge Newsletter- #21 |
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Q: If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?
Same question, but the location is in Canada?
A: Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last.
Did you think that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down...
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The Visible Edge Newsletter- #20 |
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Q: Use the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 once only, in this multiplication sum to make it correct.
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Q: Try to determine this word.
I am 8 letters long - "12345678"
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition.
My 34567 supports a plant.
My 4567 is to appropriate.
My 45 is a friendly thank-you.
My 678 is a name.
What word am I?
A: MISTAKEN |
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Q: You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied. How is this done?
A: Attach a lock to the ring. Send it to her. She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock. |
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Q: You have two hourglasses--a 4-minute glass and a 7-minute glass. You want to measure 9 minutes. How do you do it?
A: Start both hourglasses. When the 4-minute glass runs out, turn it over (4 minutes elapsed). When the 7-minute glass runs out, turn it over (7 minutes elapsed). When the 4-minute glass runs out this time (8 minutes elapsed), the 7-minute glass has been running for 1 minute. Turn it over once again. When it stops, 9 minutes have elapsed. |
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Q: If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time would it be now?
A: Nine o'clock. Since there are 12 hours between the 2 times, and half of that time is six, then the halfway mark would have to be 7 o'clock. If it were 7 o'clock, two hours ago, the time would now be nine o'clock. |
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Q: Match the twelve definitions below to the vocabulary words on the left |
1. _____ donnybrook
2. _____ boycott
3. _____ smithereens
4. _____ tanistry
5. _____ banshee
6. _____ brogue
7. _____ stout
8. _____ blarney
9. _____ leprechaun
10. _____ shillelagh
11. _____ limerick
12. _____ Saint Patrick
13. _____ shamrock
14. _____ stew
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a. Patron Saint of Ireland
b. type of humorous poem
c. formidable club or stick
d. small elf of Irish folklore
e. misleading nonsense
f. dark, sweet ale
g. strong dialectical accent
h. hearty meal
i. law of royal succession
j. fragments; bits
k. to refuse to deal with
l. classic knockdown brawl
m. national symbol of Ireland
n. female spirit who wails
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A:
1. donnybrook - l. classic knockdown brawl
2. boycott - k. to refuse to deal with
3. smithereens - j. fragments; bits
4. tanistry - i. law of royal succession
5. banshee - n. female spirit who wails
6. brogue - g. strong dialectical accent
7. stout - f. dark, sweet ale
8. blarney - e. misleading nonsense
9. leprechaun - d. small elf of Irish folklore
10. shillelagh - c. formidable club or stick
11. limerick - b. type of humorous poem
12. Saint Patrick - a. Patron Saint of Ireland
13. shamrock - m. national symbol of Ireland
14. stew - h. hearty meal
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Q: The time piece with the fewest number of moving parts is the sun dial. What is the time piece with the most number of moving parts?
A: An hour glass. Every grain of sand has to move. |
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Q:
1. The red "jelly" cranberry sauce
2. Pilgrim's friends Indians
3. Joyful happy
4. Mashed vegetables potatoes
5. How the founders got here Mayflower
6. Turkey Day Thanksgiving
7. Who you celebrate with family
8. Main dish turkey
9. Thanksgiving Day creators Pilgrims
10. After Thanksgiving, it's time to start? shopping
11. It has floats parade
12. It goes in the bird stuffing
13. What you watch today football
14. Pour it on! gravy
15. Popular parade Macy's
16. Or sweet potatoes yams
17. It's time to party
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Q: This is the game where I give you three words and you have to guess what the link is between them. EXAMPLE: Tree, Car, Elephant....
ANSWER: Trunks. Have fun and good luck! |
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A:
Question 1:
Surprise, Search, Slumber
The correct answer is party or parties.
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Question 2:
Softball, Baseball, Vampire
The correct answer is bats or bat.
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Question 3:
Yard, Pogo, Chop
The correct answer is sticks or stick.
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Question 4:
Gray, Red, Timber
The correct answer is wolves or wolf.
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Question 5:
Friendship, Hobby, Love Field.
The correct answer is airports or airport.
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Question 6:
Acetate, Cellophane, Polystyrene
The correct answer is plastics or plastic and/or polymer or polymers.
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Question 7:
Pump, Flat, Clog
The correct answer is shoes or shoe.
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Question 8:
Head, Tail, Cross
The correct answer is wind or winds.
-----------
Question 9:
Straight, Obtuse, Acute
The correct answer is angles or angle.
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Question 10:
Patriot, Poseidon, Polaris
The correct answer is missiles or missile.
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Question 11:
Igmar Stenmark, Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz
The correct answer is skiers or skier.
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Question 12:
Crab, Candy, Caramel
The correct answer is apples or apple.
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Question 13:
String, Navy, Green
The correct answer is beans or bean.
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Question 14:
Bermuda, Love, Right
The correct answer is triangles or triangle.
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Question 15:
Houston, Panama, Suez
The correct answer is canals or canal.
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Q: Directions: Change the letters into words to form a well-known statement. Do not use the numbers in your answers, just write the word answers.
Example: 1000 Y in a M
Answer: Years in a millenium
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A:
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Question 1:
24 B in a C?
Accepted answers: "Bottles in a case" "beers in a case"
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Question 2:
7 W of the W?
Accepted answers: "Wonders of the world"
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Question 3:
12 S of the Z?
Accepted answers: "Signs of the zodiac"
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Question 4:
9 P in the S S?
Accepted answers: "Planets in the solar system"
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Question 5:
4 Q in a G?
Accepted answers: "Quarts in a gallon"
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Question 6:
50 S in the U?
Accepted answers: "States in the union"
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Question 7:
18 H on a G C?
Accepted answers: "Holes on a golf course"
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Question 8:
13 S on the A F?
Accepted answers: "Stripes on the American flag"
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Question 9:
7 D in a W?
Accepted answers: "Days in a week"
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Question 10:
11 P on a F T?
Accepted answers: "Players on a football team" |
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Q: Play this game like a pro and you will score a hat trick. Each answer pairs up with the three other words to form a trio of familiar phrases.
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| DEEP JERK CAP |
| BALL SANDWICH UNDER |
| NOSED CORE LUCK |
| COMPANY POLE ROOM |
| BACK BULB CARD |
| TOWN WRITER SHIP |
| CLIP MONEY MOON |
| ARTIST HATCH CLAUSE |
| UNION MARK WIND |
| BUISNESS SUIT WRENCH |
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A:
| Knee |
-- |
Knee Deep | Knee Jerk | Kneecap |
| Knuckle |
-- |
Knuckle Ball | Knuckle Sandwich | Knuckle Under |
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| Hard |
-- |
Hard Nosed | Hard Core | Hard Luck |
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