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Solutions to Brainteasers April 12, 2009 1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. 2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry. 3. Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug. 4. The answer is Charcoal. In Homer Simpson's words: hmmmm... Barbecue. 5. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow! 6. The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph |
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Solutions to Puzzle April 10, 2009 The puzzle works by forcing you into the wrong arithmetic! Correct arithmetic: $300 (original payment) - $30 (returned to guests) - $20 (pocketed by clerk) = $250 (what the tourists should have paid) |
Solutions to Cryptic Crossword #2 April 26, 2009 Questions? Email backfire@ofthisandthat.org |
| Scrabble Score Solution The answer is Twelve 1+4+1+1+4+1 = 12 |
| Yarborough's Wager Answer No, you shouldn't accept. Surprisingly, the odds of receiving such a hand are 1,827 to 1, overwhelmingly favoring the earl. It's said that Charles Anderson Worsley (1809-1897), the second Earl of Yarborough, made a considerable amount of money offering this challenge to whist players. Even today such a hand in bridge is known as a Yarborough. |
Solutions to Cryptic Crossword #3 May 9, 2009 Questions? Email backfire@ofthisandthat.org |
Quick Quiz Solutions May 16, 2009
The Scrabble letters D and G.
A on the home keys row.
Dreamt is the only word in English ending in mt.
The Scrabble letters D and G.
A on the home keys row.
Dreamt is the only word in English ending in mt.
Solutions to Cryptic Crossword #4 May 23, 2009 Questions? Email backfire@ofthisandthat.org |
Solutions to Quick Quiz May 24, 2009
- The dot over the 'i' is called a 'tittle'.
- Only the females.
- Named after President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
- Britain --- the Penny Black on May 1, 1840.
Solutions to Puzzle May 31, 2009 Solution to the 13-Matches game: To win, one has to leave behind (a multiple-of-three + 1) matches. Thus, for example, a player leaving 4 matches for his opponent wins. |
Solution to Crossword 5 June 6, 2009
Solution to Puzzle June 6, 2009
If you take the first letter and place it at the end,
the word is the same spelled backwards.
If you take the first letter and place it at the end,
the word is the same spelled backwards.
Solution to Crossword 6 June 20, 2009
Solution to Crossword 7 July 3, 2009
Quick Quiz Solutions: July 11, 2009
1. A British wild rose
2. Damascus, Syria
3. The year in which the grapes were picked
4. Venus and Mercury
5. 1752
6. The tadpole shrimp
7. Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
8. Denmark
9. Matthias
10. Ethiopia
1. A British wild rose
2. Damascus, Syria
3. The year in which the grapes were picked
4. Venus and Mercury
5. 1752
6. The tadpole shrimp
7. Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
8. Denmark
9. Matthias
10. Ethiopia
Solution to Crossword 8 July 18, 2009
Quick Quiz Solutions July 25, 2009
1. Yuri Gagarin, USSR
2. Valentina Tereshkova, USSR
3. Istanbul
4. Londinium
5. Tokyo, 28 Million
1. Yuri Gagarin, USSR
2. Valentina Tereshkova, USSR
3. Istanbul
4. Londinium
5. Tokyo, 28 Million
Solution to Crossword 9 August 8, 2009
Solution to Crossword 9 September 12, 2009
Quick Quiz Solutions October 3, 2009
1. Hadrian's Wall in the North of England
2. Waggle Dance
3. Statistical study of elections
4. Big Ben
5. Verrocchio
6. Italian
7. Bleriot
1. Hadrian's Wall in the North of England
2. Waggle Dance
3. Statistical study of elections
4. Big Ben
5. Verrocchio
6. Italian
7. Bleriot
Solution to Crossword 12 October 24, 2009
Solution to Crossword 11 October 10, 2009
Solution to Quick Quiz November 7, 2009
1. a) The biggest pig on record is Big Bill. He was 9ft long 5 ft
tall and 2552 lbs
2. The study of fruit
3. An exaltation
4. A Philippine jitney bus converted from a jeep
5. A plump
6. The plumage is poisonous containing the same neurotoxin
as on the skin of poisonous frogs, though at a lower
concentration.
7. c) 7000
1. a) The biggest pig on record is Big Bill. He was 9ft long 5 ft
tall and 2552 lbs
2. The study of fruit
3. An exaltation
4. A Philippine jitney bus converted from a jeep
5. A plump
6. The plumage is poisonous containing the same neurotoxin
as on the skin of poisonous frogs, though at a lower
concentration.
7. c) 7000
Solution to Crossword 13 November 14, 2009
Solution to Crossword 14 December 12, 2009
Quick Quiz Solution December 19, 2009
1. Blucher
2. 4 mph
3. George Stephenson
4. cowherd
5. 1781
1. Blucher
2. 4 mph
3. George Stephenson
4. cowherd
5. 1781
Solution to Crossword 15 January 9, 2010
Solution to Crossword 16 February 6, 2010
Picture Puzzle Solution February 20, 2010
Solution: There are nine possible answers (for e.g. for
numbers between 10 and 19 the answer is 9; for numbers
from 20 to 29 the answer is 18 and so on). In the huge matrix
displayed these nine answers contain an identical item which
Robin announces. You will note the item for the answers 9,
18, 27, 36, etc. will always be the same.
Solution: There are nine possible answers (for e.g. for
numbers between 10 and 19 the answer is 9; for numbers
from 20 to 29 the answer is 18 and so on). In the huge matrix
displayed these nine answers contain an identical item which
Robin announces. You will note the item for the answers 9,
18, 27, 36, etc. will always be the same.
Solution to Crossword 17 March 13, 2010
Solution to Crossword 18 March 27, 2010
Solution to Crossword 19 April 10, 2010
Solution to Crossword 20 May 1, 2010
Solution to Crossword 21 May 15, 2010
Solution to Crossword 22 May 28, 2010
Solution to Crossword 23 June 19, 2010
Solution to Crossword 24 July 3, 2010
Solution to Crossword 25 July 17, 2010
Quick Quiz Solution August 14, 2010
1. Winston Churchill
2. D and G
3. Sergei Eisenstein
4. Monte Carlo
5. Bugatti Veyron, with top speed of 268 mph (431 km/h)
1. Winston Churchill
2. D and G
3. Sergei Eisenstein
4. Monte Carlo
5. Bugatti Veyron, with top speed of 268 mph (431 km/h)
Solution to Crossword 26 July 31, 2010
Solution to Crossword 27 August 28, 2010
Solution to Crossword 28 September 11, 2010
October 2, 2010
Quick Quiz Solutions
1. Six
2. Mayonnaise
3. Paleolithic era paintings
4. The Valkyries
5. The British penny red issued in 1854.
Quick Quiz Solutions
1. Six
2. Mayonnaise
3. Paleolithic era paintings
4. The Valkyries
5. The British penny red issued in 1854.
Solution to Crossword 29 September 25, 2010
Solution to Crossword 30 October 9, 2010
Solution to Crossword 31 October 23, 2010
Quick Quiz Solutions
1. Sir George Downing (1623 - 1684)
2. Because the common set squares then used with a
drafting board were 60/30 and 45/45 degrees.
3. c.
4. c.
5. Bergamot.
6. The French for 'cooking pot'.
1. Sir George Downing (1623 - 1684)
2. Because the common set squares then used with a
drafting board were 60/30 and 45/45 degrees.
3. c.
4. c.
5. Bergamot.
6. The French for 'cooking pot'.
Solution to Crossword 32 November 6, 2010
Quick Quiz Solutions November 13, 2010
1. The Airedale
2. c
3. It is the staff and snake curled around it representing medicine
and healing. Asclepius was the Greek demi-god of medicine. The
snake shedding its skin was seen by Greeks as a kind of
rejuvenation.
4. It is the symbol of the messenger god Hermes -- a rod entwined
with garlands later interpreted as two snakes, it has often been
confused with Asclepius' single snake pattern and mistakenly used
as a symbol for medicine (e.g. the US Army Medical Corps).
5. They do a better job of locating the origins of smells. Also, they
take in air at different rates and because odor chemicals are of two
types, which dissolve either slowly or quickly - the different rates of
air intake permit perception of both.
1. The Airedale
2. c
3. It is the staff and snake curled around it representing medicine
and healing. Asclepius was the Greek demi-god of medicine. The
snake shedding its skin was seen by Greeks as a kind of
rejuvenation.
4. It is the symbol of the messenger god Hermes -- a rod entwined
with garlands later interpreted as two snakes, it has often been
confused with Asclepius' single snake pattern and mistakenly used
as a symbol for medicine (e.g. the US Army Medical Corps).
5. They do a better job of locating the origins of smells. Also, they
take in air at different rates and because odor chemicals are of two
types, which dissolve either slowly or quickly - the different rates of
air intake permit perception of both.
Solution to Crossword 33 November 20, 2010
Quick Quiz Solutions November 27, 2010
1. Fear of bees
2. Chess - for the white pieces
3. Kits
4. Francis Drake
5. They protect the elbows in a medieval suit of armor
1. Fear of bees
2. Chess - for the white pieces
3. Kits
4. Francis Drake
5. They protect the elbows in a medieval suit of armor
Solution to Crossword 34 December 4, 2010
Solution to Crossword 35 January 8, 2011
QUICK QUIZ SOLUTIONS January 30, 2011
1. A breed of cow
2. Big Ben
3. Thirteen (alternating red and white) representing the
original thirteen colonies
bred to flush out badgers and other burrow dwelling
animals
5. David John Moore Cornwell
6. He was one-quarter black. So in the U.S. he would have
been classified black
1. A breed of cow
2. Big Ben
3. Thirteen (alternating red and white) representing the
original thirteen colonies
bred to flush out badgers and other burrow dwelling
animals
5. David John Moore Cornwell
6. He was one-quarter black. So in the U.S. he would have
been classified black
Solution to Crossword 36 February 5, 2011
Solution to Crossword 37 February 18, 2011
