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Complex Teaser
Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: complex, on, rat, stall
Group B: accord, gallop, new, tandem
Not Cross Country
Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
10 = M per P in C C
View full teaser and answerWhite to Play
In 1925, E. Gruenfeld gave the great chess teacher S. Tarrasch a lesson, starting without a check.
View solutionLike Clockwork
What does this rebus represent?
2:53 AM = maelstrom
9:48 AM = conundrum
6:17 PM = talisman
Matched Pairs
Each word in Group A can be paired with a unique word in Group B. What are the pairings? Why?
Group A:
apropos, doughy, gingham, mica, rebuff, scarab, squall, ukulele
Group B:
aloft, amateur, bituminous, enables, melody, phantasm, steroid, summary
Breakfast Dilemma
Jane wants to make some toast for her breakfast. Unfortunately, her toaster is broken. Can you turn bread into toast by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Jane made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better?
BREAD ---- TOAST
View full teaser and answerWhite to Play
There is no mistaking White’s intentions here. Execute!
View solutionMilitary Maneuver
Private Peter Perkins wants to change his branch of military service. He is currently in the army, but wants to join the navy. To leave the army, he must get out of his tank. He then has to go on board a ship to join the navy. Change ARMY to NAVY by changing one letter at a time. The change must go through TANK and SHIP. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once.
ARMY ---- TANK ---- SHIP ---- NAVY
View full teaser and answerEvolution
Make SHARK (fish) evolve into TIGER (mammal) by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. The evolution must go through VIPER (reptile) and RAVEN (bird). No word can be used more than once.
SHARK ---- VIPER ---- RAVEN ---- TIGER
View full teaser and answerAmerican History
Which one of the 12 members of Group B can be added to the 7 members of Group A? Why?
Group A: Arizona, Maryland, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
Group B: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin
Cast a Net
Which word in Group B can be added to Group A?
Group A: castanets
existence
kowtow
venomous
Group B: gardening
lucky
mountain
restaurant
Black to Play
White is surrounded, or cornered, if you will. Black has a mating attack.
View solutionStates 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
White to Play
In a great irony at Hastings 1929, Koltanowski, as Black, found himself in a bad way out of a Philidor Defense. His opponent, Tylor, found the winning line.
View solutionAnagram 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 answerWhite to Play
White has a mate in there somewhere with the two rooks, but there is the matter of what Black can do.
View solutionBoom
What is the meaning of this rebus?
cannon
ordnance
artillery
torpedo