Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Hey, That's My Hay!


Q:

Complete these sentences with a pair of homonyms:


The schoolmarm decided to _______ the day's _______ and let the children out early.


Hillary would do whatever it took for a _______ at the _______.


Timmy got a tummy ache when he took four packs of Twinkies and _______ all _______.

The hostess took the reservation, _______  _______ dinner at seven.


The science teacher told his students, "With care, your results shouldn't _______  _______ much."


The _______ was _______ quite right and the horse went free.

A slow day at work, the banker made a _______  _______.

The lazy young master _______ the _______ do everything for him.

"To get that old skiff across the pond, you'd need  this _______  _______ a paddle", said Huck.

One swipe of the swatter and the _______ ceased to _______.

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

One ... Two ... Three


Q:

Take the phrase I am.  If you repeat the and the m, you can rearrange the result to get Miami.  Consider the following words and phrases.  Rearrange the letters in each, repeating letters as often as necessary, to name six major US cities.  When you are finished, name something all six have in common.

Tales   -   Hip Deal   -   Rioted   -   Antic   -   Tiny Sack   -   Orca Fins

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State


Q:

Think of a well known musical couple from the sixties and seventies.  Place a different US postal abbreviation in front of each first name.  The result will be two new words.  The "boy" word will relate to the appearance of certain twins.  The "girl" word will relate to the appearance of certain antiques.  Who is the couple, what are the states and what are the new words?


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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Toot Your Own Horn


Q:

Think of the last name of a world famous actress.  Add one letter and rearrange the result to name the last name of a world famous actor.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Heroes


Q:

Consider the following:  psorofr, ssgaion.  Insert seven US postal abbreviations (one is used twice).  Add the proper spaces to get two well known three word phrases.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

This Puzzle is Brought to You by the Letter T


Q:

What letter would appropriately precede the following set of numbers:    
  
one thousand,  fifty,  forty?


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Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Final Countdown


Q:

Think of a two word phrase that describes this:

ten,  nine,  eight,  seven,  six,  five,  four,  three,  two,  one

Add the letter somewhere in the two word phrase without rearranging the letters and you'll name something that will be happening soon.  What is it?

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