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States of the Union
What is the next state in this series?
New York, Maryland, Georgia, Maine, Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Idaho, ?
View full teaser and answerAmerican Presidents
Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower
Group B: William Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush, Bill Clinton
Country Club
Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation.
Group A: Argentina, Iran, Jordan, Netherlands
Group B: Bolivia, Finland, Mongolia, Pakistan, Rwanda, United States
Anagram Riddle
Anagram teaser; same letters, of course.
The first of the words is the movement of a horse.
The second of the words is used to make honey,
And the third is the look of a zombie.
What are the words?
View full teaser and answerBoom
What is the meaning of this rebus?
cannon
ordnance
artillery
torpedo
Word Fusion
Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This is a canine's mother.
2) This is currently not there.
3) This is when pain is required.
4) This is a long time for a boar.
More Ana-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) The big lamp threw a dazzling light upon the royal robe.
2) The goose put his life in jeopardy when he ate the flowers in the plot.
3) Startled by the warning signal, Jack tumbled into the sap; yet he only had to lightly wash his hair to remove the residue.
4) As Ed traveled around the country, he was directed to an alternate highway.
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Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) The entire squad dined on domesticated animal flesh.
2) The influential person wore a purplish-red identification card on his tuxedo.
3) You do not deserve for me send payment for the broken stopwatch.
4) Do not scold the clerk if you do not get a discount on the purchase of the egg whisker.
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White to Play
A startling brilliancy by Joseph Blackburne of England against Simon Lipschutz in the great New York tournament of 1889. Blackburne said that even world champ Steinitz’s reaction was priceless: “Steintiz bent his head over the board and would scarcely believe that a mating position had been created.
View solutionAnagram Riddle
Anagram words, three to please.
A belt, a tower, and used with cheese.
Ana-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) The jail keeper counseled the prisoners not to stray beyond the barricade.
2) Due to the warning, Mary had to change her plans to arrive at a future time.
3) The crippled man had eggs and toast for his breakfast.
4) Paul was not excited about making large bundles of black rope.
View full teaser and answerCountry Club
Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with their spelling or pronunciation.
Group A: Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Venezuela
Group B: Bulgaria, Japan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zaire

White to Play
I first thought of just putting the diagram, but people might wonder how the heck that position actually came about in a real game. So, you get a whole briefly annotated game well worth playing over.
View solutionAnagram Riddle
An anagram riddle to tease you;
Three five-letter words, each gets one clue.
A guillotine's use,
An act to get deuce,
And what you are reading now in view.
What are the words?
View full teaser and answerWords with GH
Five words that contain GH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?
GH---, -GH---, ---GH-, ----GH, ---GH--
Pool: A, A, E, I, M, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, W
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White to Play
A very cute mate in two. White’s first move allows Black five choices.
View solutionLing o'Tree
Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of tree. The other word is that tree with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (pine spine), a letter deleted anywhere (larch arch), a letter changed anywhere (birch birth). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No tree is used more than once.
1) This is an older tree.
2) This is a well-known tree.
3) This is a feeble tree.
4) This is a man tree.
5) This tree is related to an ox.
6) This tree makes hasty decisions.
7) This tree is used to steer a ship.
8) This tree is a soothing lotion.
9) This is tree hair.
10) This is something a ...
Country Club
Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation.
Group A: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Malaysia
Group B: Cambodia, France, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Somalia
Fake Stone
I am a fake stone,
I am green without envy.
I am three in one,
I can symbolize the Trinity.
What am I?
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