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Post by BC on May 18, 2020 18:48:00 GMT
Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person? 1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs. He took part of ours and gave it to big brother, but he always had good form. 2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he'd heard his partner's shout before the giants found their revenge. 3. Here lies Suzy Smelt. She constructed many a bomb but mostly brought smiles to our faces. 4. Here lies Ethel Grant. She spent her whole life fighting with what she will now become. 
1. tax collector? (not sure what the good form refers to though)
2. lumberjack?
3. cake maker? (La Bombe Surprise)
4. gardener? (fighting weeds)
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Post by Kimmy on May 19, 2020 9:19:06 GMT
Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person? 1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs. He took part of ours and gave it to big brother, but he always had good form. 2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he'd heard his partner's shout before the giants found their revenge. 3. Here lies Suzy Smelt. She constructed many a bomb but mostly brought smiles to our faces. 4. Here lies Ethel Grant. She spent her whole life fighting with what she will now become.
1. tax collector? (not sure what the good form refers to though)
2. lumberjack?
3. cake maker? (La Bombe Surprise)
4. gardener? (fighting weeds)
  Answer 1. Mortimer was a tax man. 2. Dirk was a lumberjack (and died because he didn't hear his partner yell "Timber!"). 3. Suzy was a comedienne. 4. Ethel was a maid, always fighting dust (referring to "ashes to ashes and dust to dust"). |
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Post by Kimmy on May 19, 2020 9:22:39 GMT
Five of the six listed words share a common characteristic. Which word does not belong? 1. fantasy 2. smother 3. smidge 4. stick 5. bunker 6. smite  |
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Post by liz on May 19, 2020 19:34:12 GMT
5. Bunker - does not contain an insect.
1. Ant
2. Moth
3. Midge
4. Tic
6. Mite
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Post by Kimmy on May 20, 2020 9:18:15 GMT
5. Bunker - does not contain an insect. 1. Ant 2. Moth 3. Midge 4. Tic 6. Mite Answer Answer: Number five (5) bunker does not belong. The common words hidden inside each original word are insects. 1. ant 2. moth 3. midge 4. tick 6. mite |
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Post by Kimmy on May 20, 2020 9:19:05 GMT
In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables that you must use to figure out the 8 words. Syllable List - al, cute, fec, form, fume, i, ma, mis, mit, nent, se, sion, son, tion, ty Syllable-starter: per How many syllables each word has: 1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (5)  |
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Post by liz on May 20, 2020 19:21:09 GMT
1. Perform
2. Perfume
3. Permit
4. Persecute
5. Perfection
6. Permanent
7. Permission
8. Personality
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Post by Kimmy on May 21, 2020 8:42:41 GMT
1. Perform 2. Perfume 3. Permit 4. Persecute 5. Perfection 6. Permanent 7. Permission 8. Personality Answer Perfume (per fume) Permit (per mit) Perform (per form) Permission (per mis sion) Permanent (per ma nent) Persecute (per se cute) Perfection (per fec tion) Personality (per son al i ty) |
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Post by Kimmy on May 21, 2020 8:47:37 GMT
I will take down and I will take up I won't give down but if up you're in luck I'm up and down but without a wave From fruitless journeys you do I save I represent by my position A simple binary condition What am I?  |
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Post by Kimmy on May 22, 2020 9:29:19 GMT
Answer
The flag of a mailbox
lines 1 and 2:
I (the flag) can take/receive (more) mail whether I am down or up.
If I am down, it means that I have no mail to give. But if I am up, then you're in luck (I have mail for you).
lines 3 and 4:
I don't wave like some other flags.
When I'm in the down position, I save you from going to the mailbox to discover that there is no mail.
lines 5 and 6:
I'm either in the up position which means that you have mail, or I'm in the down position which means that you have no mail.
In the hint, "the one" is mail whose successor is e-mail, and "my companion" is the mailbox to which I'm attached.
The "It" in the title is mail (as in "You've Got Mail").
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Post by Kimmy on May 22, 2020 9:31:49 GMT
Customer services at RightWrite headquarters received the following letter recently. Luckily their top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Mrs Miggins. Can you work it out what her problem was? Da S, ld lk cmlan ab h f m . hs ls aa n k ccl. As can s, hs ls a mssng fm hs dcmn. ld b v gafl f cld cc hs blm fhh. Man hanks, Ms Mggns.  |
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Post by BC on May 22, 2020 19:40:07 GMT
I've done some of it - need a bit of help to finish though...
Dear Sir, I would like to complain about this f m .hs ls aa n k ccl.As you can see, hs letters are missing from hs dcmn.I would be very grateful if you could correct this problem forthwith. Many thanks, Mrs Miggins. |
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Post by liz on May 23, 2020 8:27:46 GMT
I can't help much BC.
The third line could finish with this document.
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Post by Kimmy on May 23, 2020 9:43:41 GMT
I've done some of it - need a bit of help to finish though...
Dear Sir, I would like to complain about this f m .hs ls aa n k ccl.As you can see, hs letters are missing from hs dcmn.I would be very grateful if you could correct this problem forthwith. Many thanks, Mrs Miggins. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 23, 2020 9:44:16 GMT
I can't help much BC. The third line could finish with this document.Answer The letter was written on a typewriter which has a problem with the top row of letters - they did not print. The letter should have read: Dear Sir, I would like to complain about the top row of my typewriter. These letters appear not to work correctly. As you can see, these letters are missing from this document. I would be very grateful if you could correct this problem forthwith. Many thanks, Mrs Miggins. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 23, 2020 9:47:09 GMT
Awkward is your first, But something you never forget. Gross if you just ate Liverwurst, But the best while watching a sunset. The more of me you get, The more of me you thirst. I appear in Shakespeare's sonnets; I make you so happy you could burst.  |
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Post by liz on May 23, 2020 18:35:42 GMT
A kiss.
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Post by Kimmy on May 24, 2020 9:03:36 GMT
Answer A Kiss
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Post by Kimmy on May 24, 2020 9:06:46 GMT
The U.S. Presidents made some horrible political decisions. They decided to hide from the mob coming after them by hiding in these five sentences. You are hired as a private sleuth to find each of them. Can you find their last names in these five sentences? 1. Ice pops taste the best on hot afternoons. 2. The weird dictator said that he would build magenta dams. 3. The man told his mother that he wouldn't be home for dinner. 4. I have to fill more of the holes our dog dug in the yard. 5. I was going to take the bus home, but I missed it.  |
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Post by liz on May 24, 2020 18:36:25 GMT
1. Taft
2. Adamd
3. Ford
4. Fillmore
5. Bush
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Post by Kimmy on May 25, 2020 9:25:17 GMT
1. Taft 2. Adamd 3. Ford 4. Fillmore 5. Bush Answer Answers are indicated with capital letters: 1. Ice pops taste the best on hoT AFTernoons. 2. The weird dictator said that he would build magentA DAMS. 3. The man told his mother that he wouldn't be home FOR Dinner. 4. I have to FILL MORE of the holes our dog dug in the yard. 5. I was going to take the BUS Home, but I missed it. |
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Post by Kimmy on May 25, 2020 9:28:26 GMT
The pain is gone--it's old news The memory though is hard to lose Resulting in, today, the blues, And dare I say, some darker hues Can you please make it plain with these clues What's this reminder of pain? Don't refuse.  |
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Post by liz on May 25, 2020 16:53:25 GMT
A bruise.
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Post by Kimmy on May 26, 2020 9:22:13 GMT
Answer A bruise.
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Post by Kimmy on May 26, 2020 9:26:08 GMT
What word when you remove the first letter and put it at the end, do you get the past tense of the word?  |
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Post by BC on May 26, 2020 22:23:41 GMT
Wouldn't have got it without the picture clue: eat > ate.
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Post by Kimmy on May 27, 2020 9:18:49 GMT
Wouldn't have got it without the picture clue: eat > ate. Answer Eat. When you put the first letter of eat at the end, it forms ate (the past tense of the word). |
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Post by Kimmy on May 27, 2020 9:23:34 GMT
Can you decipher this common phrase? eyeeseeexcept  E X  |
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Post by liz on May 27, 2020 19:23:46 GMT
I before E, except after C.
(Another good clue!)
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Post by Kimmy on May 28, 2020 8:47:10 GMT
I before E, except after C. (Another good clue!) Answer I before E except after C |
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