Thursday, June 2, 2011

All That Remains

Q:


What is the next letter in this series:

N - U - S - D - E - R - W - __ ?



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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Rags to Riches

Q:


Take the phrase "ten upon these beams".  Rearrange the letters to name two things that are at opposite ends of the spectrum.




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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Shop, Drop and Roll

Q:


Rearrange the same four letters to complete these two statements:

People leave __ __ __ __ 's carrying more than when they came in.

People leave the __ __ __ __ carrying less than when they came in.



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BONUS:  What is the connection to the image?


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Ten is Ne one?

Q:  


Of the postal abbreviations for the fifty US states, fifteen are also symbols for chemical elements on the periodic table, as in NE for Nebraska and Ne for Neon.  If you assign a number to each letter of the alphabet, A=1, B=2, etc.,  there is a numerical property unique to one of these chemical elements.  What is it?


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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Opposites Attract

Q:


Take the opposite meanings of these words:


Yeah             Asset                 Abundance             Key     



One result is two letters long and the other three are four letters long.  Rearrange the fourteen letters to get a common phrase relating to heavy hitting or heavy lifting.

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

1040 Short Form

Q:


The phrase "editors' guards" contains each vowel only once.  Change two of the vowels to e's for three e's total.  Rearrange the result to name something you might find in a bathroom or on  a bedroom nightstand.



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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Spring Fever


Q:

Arrange the vowels of the alphabet in a circular pattern like this:

A
U        E
O   I

Think of a spring flower in four letters with two vowels.  Shift one vowel clockwise one space and the other counter-clockwise one space.  Rearrange the result to name a different flower.  

Think of a spring flower in five letters with two vowels.  Shift the vowels in the same way.  Rearrange the result to name a part of that flower.

Think of a spring flower in six letters with two vowels.  Shift the vowels in the same way.  Rearrange the result to name the same flower.  There are several possibilities, but.....

This next flower is a species of the previous six letter answer.  Think of a flower in seven letters with two vowels, prized for its aromatic qualities.  Shift the vowels in the same way.  Rearrange the result to name the part of your body most attracted to this flower.





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