Archive for January, 2008

It’s Like Looking Into a Mirror!

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Three of the images below are perfectly normal… and three have been reversed. Can you tell which is which?

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Opposites Attract

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Each string of letters below is actually a pair of opposites. The vowels in both words have dropped out, and so has the space between the words. For instance, the first puzzle is HOT and COLD. Can you figure out the others?

  1. htcld
  2. bfrftr
  3. ddlv
  4. ngldvl
  5. bvblw
  6. chlddlt
  7. pnclsd
  8. sfdngrs
  9. lswn
  10. rlylt
  11. stwst

Answer

Maybe Not So Elementary

Friday, January 25th, 2008

What number should replace the question marks?

GOLD = 5

LEAD = 6

SILVER = 8

URANIUM = 11

PLATINUM = ??

Answer

Let’s Go Surfing

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Below are letters from the logos of eight famous Web sites. How many can you name?

Scramble Pairs

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Each pair of clues leads to two four-letter words, the letters of which can be rearranged to make one of the eight-letter words listed below. Can you answer all the clues and scramble all the words together?

BRUNETTE
LEAPFROG
LOLLIPOP
PINWHEEL
THOUSAND

1.
Aspirin, for instance
Feature of many a roller coaster

2.
Drink made from grapes
Assist

3.
Factually correct
Curved

4.
Wave one’s wings, like a bird
Vice-president before Cheney

5.
Look for animals
Fizzy drink

Answer

Add a Letter

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

You could change a TREE into a TREATY just by adding the sound of a letter T. In the image seen here, the four items above the line can be transformed into the four items below the line, each time adding the sound of a letter. Can you match all four pairs of items?

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Answer

Color Logic

Monday, January 14th, 2008

These six colors have been placed in a particular order. Can you figure out which of the three colors — white, gray, or black — should go into the blank to continue the sequence?

Answer

Sum Of Their Parts

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

In each puzzle below, answer the clues, and then read the answers out loud to sound out the name of a celebrity.

1. Five-cent piece
2. Query
3. What candles on a cake represent

1. It’s connected to the wrist
2. Peanut butter accompanier
3. Mexican snack food
4. Spider-Man creator Stan

1. Game with queens and kings
2. Sound you make when you touch something gross
3. Owns
4. Not her
5. Mom and dad’s boy

Answer

Happy 2008!

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Which of the puzzle pieces below didn’t come from the 2008 you see here?

Answer