Brain Teaser

1. Caution Groove Care-rut

2. Rotate Bite Turn-nip

3. Fish-egg Hair Roe-mane

4. Allow We Let-us

5. Twirl Scratch Spin-itch

6. Taxi Shift Cab-edge

7. Animal-park Crucial Leg-joint Zoo-key-knee

8. Signal Burden Cue-cumber

9. Awesome Plate Rad-dish

10. Invigorate Each Pep-per

Stumped on all the bonus ones, and not quite sure of 6 but can't come up with anything better. :-P

You got #6 correct - Cab-Budge


Do you want more time on the bonus, or should I reveal and move on to the next one?

Spill, I'm stumped. :-)

Bonus:
-Celery (Cell-lurry)
-Garlic (Gar-lick)
-Onion (Un-eon)


David Van Gogh (pronounced "Go") had many relatives. Can you guess by the clues who they are?

Example: His dizzy Aunt?
Answer: Verti-Gogh

How many other relatives can you guess?

A fruit loving cousin?
The Grandfather from Yugoslavia?
The cousin from Illinois?
His Mexican cousin?
His Great Grandfather who drove a stage coach?
The ballroom dancing aunt?
The bird lover Uncle?
A sister who loved disco?
And his niece who travels the country in a van?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Bonus:
-Celery (Cell-lurry)
-Garlic (Gar-lick)
-Onion (Un-eon)


David Van Gogh (pronounced "Go") had many relatives. Can you guess by the clues who they are?

Example: His dizzy Aunt?
Answer: Verti-Gogh

How many other relatives can you guess?

A fruit loving cousin?
The Grandfather from Yugoslavia?
The cousin from Illinois?
His Mexican cousin?
His Great Grandfather who drove a stage coach?
The ballroom dancing aunt?
The bird lover Uncle?
A sister who loved disco?
And his niece who travels the country in a van?

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Man-gogh
U-gogh
chica-gogh
ami-gogh or duran-gogh???
wells-far-gogh or stop and gogh???
tan-gogh
flamin-gogh
go-gogh
winneba-gogh

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ErikH

Man-gogh
U-gogh
chica-gogh
ami-gogh or duran-gogh???
wells-far-gogh or stop and gogh???
tan-gogh
flamin-gogh
go-gogh
winneba-gogh

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Well, that didn't take long! LOL Good job!

Let's see if this one holds you for awhile:

Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase.

Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way.

Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters.

Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code.


1. szmkhr hskfs

2. ndsf ufi

3. nfphmk ufni

4. nzrf klaafsfmpf

5. nilww rhylmv

6. isdf wlfn

7. isdf nihsj

8. dmzppfcizuwf nhwdilhm

9. dmulznfk hclmlhm

10. ylsidzw sfzwlij

I wrote these down, but didn't get a chance to look at them until this morning. Here goes:





1. Random Order



2. Sure Bet



3. Second Best



4. Same Difference



5. Still Moving



6. True Lies



7. True Story



8. Unacceptable Solution



9. Unbiased Opinion



10. Virtual Reality

You got it!


Each of the following sentences has three missing words. The first missing word of each sentence is 6 letters long, the second missing word is 5 letters long, and the third missing word is 4 letters long. All the 6 letter words are anagrams of each other, as are all the 5 letter words, and all the 4 letter words. Can you fill in the blanks?

1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____.

2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____.

3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal.

4) On many of the lake's ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.

1. listen, tales, tame



2. silent, steal, team



3. enlist, slate, meat



4. inlets, teals, mate

Not very good at stumping you, I see! LOL


1. I am always excited
2. I tell people where things are at
3. You can play a game on me
4. I'm very rich
5. I give percentages
6. I am always looking up
7. And.........
8. I look like a light in the sky
9. I keep things arranged that are to my right
10. I keep things arranged that are to my left
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