Blankety Blank Blank

Q:


In each statement, select a word to fill in the first blank.  Add a letter to the first word without changing the order to get the second blank.  Add one letter to the second word to get the third blank, again without changing the order.

For safety's sake, an Olympic diver must blank on the pool crew to take care of the blank.  And when the pool crew turned on the water, that part blank.


Olympic swimmers must blank on perfect timing in order to win the blank. Sadly, they knew there'd be no medals when they saw the blank.


When spectators blank lost in the downtown blank, they will likely need help finding the blank.


In the blank, the Olympian tried to blank everything so as not to seem blank to the crowd.

When the runner from Papua New Guinea won the blank, the commentator said, "He's wearing that blank like a proud papa."  Quite an appropriate blank I think.

Photo courtesy of

spcbrass

Answer has been posted

Oldies But Goodies

Q:

Same as last week:

Replace two words (in each sentence) with synonyms without changing the meaning of the sentence.  These two words, phonetically, will name a famous actor. Actor is no longer gender specific.

Upon finally discovering the location of the throne, the prince’s unease began to fade.

While driving through the countryside, the passionate young lovers opted for a frolic in the meadow.

Photo courtesy of

ComputerHotline & sukhchander

Answer has been posted

A Beautiful Dinner

Q:


Consider this sentence:

The newlywed began to scurry around the kitchen, hoping to create a meal that her husband would really brag about to her in-laws.

Replace two words with synonyms without changing the meaning of the sentence.  These two words, phonetically, will name a famous movie actor.

Photo courtesy of

kodok

Answer has been posted

Is There Anybody In Here?

Q:


As presidential candidates, think of a word that describes Barack Obama (be nice) and a word that describes Mitt Romney (be nice).  Take the first initial of each word.  Think of a synonym of the word reflections.  Take the synonym and the two initials and rearrange to name what will be seen this November.

Photo courtesy of

Martin Deutsch

Answer has been posted

This for That

Q:


Many words can be spelled by stringing together two US postal abbreviations -  co-ok, co-ho, me-al, or-ca,  etc.  There are also (though fewer) words spelled by stringing three together, as in va-nd-al.

Name an eight letter word that is spelled by stringing four US postal abbreviations together.

Photo courtesy of

Keith Williamson

Answer has been posted

What The Heck Was That Guy's Name?

Q:


ROT 13 is a simple code where a letter is moved 13 places forward in the alphabet.  For example, A goes to N, B goes to O, etc.  For letters in the second half of the alphabet, move the letters 13 places earlier.  T goes to G, etc.  This should help:

A        B       C      D       E       F      G      H       I        J       K      L      M

N       O       P       Q       R      S      T       U      V      W      X      Y      Z

   

Think of a large island whose last letter is a ROT 13 of its first letter.  Remove the first and last letters and the result when ROT 13ed will name the general category of an endangered species there.

Photo courtesy of

My Melting Brain

Answer has been posted

No Way!

Q:  


Think of a six letter word meaning "man".  Add an E and a W somewhere in the word  (without rearranging any letters) to name something the man might consume.

Swap an O and an R for the E and W.  Change the first letter to an S and rearrange the result to name something this particular man might wear.

Photo courtesy of

Waponi

Answer has been posted