Kangaroo Words 2

Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order.

Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion

See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words:
1. because
2. astound
3. municipality
4. charisma
5. damsel

See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word:
6. masculine


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Balancing Broom

If you balanced a broom horizontally on your finger, so that your finger was exactly on the broom's center of gravity, marked that spot and cut the broom in two, then you would have a long and a short piece. The long piece being most of the handle and the short piece being the bristle end and a small part of the handle. Now what will happen if you weigh both pieces? (pick all that apply)

A) The short piece will weigh more.
B) The long piece will weigh more.
C) Both will weigh the same.
D) Your mom will find out and hit you with both pieces!


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Six Letters Have I

Six letters have I, and many more;
One word tells what the others are for;
Conceal a thing is what I do;
So what am I? Need a clue?


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Spell Check - Movie Stars

Who can't live without Spell Check in their email or word software? It's a great tool...
Unless you are poor Paula Abdul who transforms into "Pail Abut" when the Spell Checker has at her.
The following TV and Movie Celebrities have been Spell Checked and are ready for you to uncover their true identities.
1. Court Coax
2. Action Cutter
3. Kite Wingless
4. Summon Cowbell
5. Mercy Stripe
6. Deli Moose
7. Camera Dies
8. Renew Sewage


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The hours of day
We idle away

With friends overnight
We're used in a fight

We offer you rest
Down may be our best

What are we?


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On the 7th Day

On July 7th, I had a most unusual day. I woke up at exactly 7:07, stumbled to my refrigerator and had a 7up. I got dressed, went downstairs, and caught the number 7 bus to go to my office on 77th street. While sitting in my office on the 7th floor, it dawned on me how my day was going so I called my bookie and placed a $777 bet on the number 7 horse in the seventh race, whose name was Seventh Heaven, to win.

Do you know what happened?


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Sound-Out Salad

Can you name the salad veggies? Use synonyms of each word in the clue; put them together to sound out the answer.

EG. Clue: Dog Bloom
Answer: Cauliflower
Explanation: "Collie" "Flower"

1. Caution Groove
2. Rotate Bite
3. Fish-egg Hair
4. Allow We
5. Twirl Scratch
6. Taxi Shift
7. Animal-park Crucial Leg-joint
8. Signal Burden
9. Awesome Plate
10. Invigorate Each

Bonus:

-Room Jumble
-Compel Whip
-Not Age


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I start with an item found below the leg of one's pants
Change one letter, and I may tell of romance
Again change one letter, and I may be just a glance
Again change one letter, and security do I enhance
Again change one letter, and I am random chance

What are we?


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Van Gogh's Relatives

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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Just The Four Of Us

Four of us are in your field
But our differences keep us at yield

First, a one that is no fool
Though he resembles a gardener's tool

Next, one difficult to split in two
And a girl once had one as big as her shoe

Then, to the mind, one's a lovely bonder
And truancy makes it grow fonder

Last, a stem connecting dots of three
Knowing all this, what are we?


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For each "alternative definition" below, try to figure out what word starting with "uni" is represented. For example, given the clue "one document", the answer would be "uniform", since "one" gives you "uni" and "document" means "form", i.e. "uni" + "form" = "uniform".
Good luck!


1. one male human offspring
2. one cipher
3. one iteration of a process
4. a single ear of maize
5. draws consisting of a score of one all (1-1)
6. a solitary ringing sound


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Homer and Horace are twins that look exactly alike. They each have two personalities, State 1 and State 2. Homer tells the truth in State 1 and lies in State 2, while Horace lies in State 1 and tells the truth in State 2.

One of them said, "I am Homer."

What state was he in?


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The Old Monk and the Staircase

Construction of a stronger and more massive bell tower for the monastery to replace the one destroyed during the last civil strife with a neighboring lord was well underway when the old Monk visited the site. The Abbot showed the Monk the drawings and model for the three-bell tower. The Monk was impressed until he stood where the bell chamber would be and saw the spiral staircase in this medieval bell tower running the wrong direction (counterclockwise).

"The staircase direction must be changed," said the Old Monk. The Abbot looked at the staircase and agreed. Why?


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Four Letter Fun!

Each group of words has one four letter prefix that fits in front of them to form another word or phrase. Can you figure out which word it is for each group?

1. Nail, man, out, ten

2. Sick, work, room, plate

3. Do, up, shift, believe

4. Range, shot, horn, bow

5. Back, baked, way, hour

6. Dress, band, ache, rest

7. Chair, jump, light, rise

8. Note, print, ball, step

9. Arm, fly, works, sale


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Insert A Word

Insert a word from group B into a word from group A to form a larger word. (Try & Eat = Treaty)

Group A
Slight
Bless
King
Pain
Hock
Shed
Rue
Hen
Wing

Group B
One
Now
Lad
Eight
Tar
Even
Cat
Itch
Add


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Fell From A Star

It fell from a star,
But not very far.
It seems to fly
Above you and I.
Look further down to see
Cousin Jay below us three.
Jump down further to see an empty space.
Tell me what "it" is, and where is this place?


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Snow White

Recently, Snow White's seven dwarfs met up with three of their friends and went to the cinema to see Bambi. From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue?

Grumpy was in front of Dopey. Stumpy was behind Sneezy and Doc. Doc was in front of Droopy and Happy.
Sleepy was behind Stumpy, Smelly and Happy.
Happy was in front of Sleepy, Smelly and Bashful.
Bashful was behind Smelly, Droopy and Sleepy.
Sneezy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was in front of Grumpy, Stumpy and Sneezy.
Dopey was in front of Droopy.
Sleepy was in front of Grumpy and Bashful.
Dopey was behind Sneezy, Doc and Sleepy.
Stumpy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was behind Doc.


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A New Type of Word Pyramid

In this word pyramid you have to take the letters from the word pea and put them around the 'h' to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same with the next line.

pea
h _ _ _
s _ _ _ _
_ _ r _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ n
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ l


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For each "alternative definition" below, try to figure out what word starting with "pre" is represented. For example, given the clue "delivered beforehand", the answer would be "present", since "beforehand" gives you "pre" and "delivered" means "sent", i.e. "pre" + "sent" = "present".
Good luck!


1. to yield beforehand
2. to release beforehand
3. to repair beforehand
4. to cut off the outer part of beforehand
5. to stroll beforehand
6. to send a message to a mobile phone beforehand


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For each "alternative definition" below, try to figure out what word starting with "car" is represented. For example, given the clue "a country which is famous for producing cars", the answer would be "carnation".
Good luck!


1. 2,000 pounds of car weight
2. a place where ships load/unload cars
3. to wait in a car
4. a collection of liquid into which a car has been submerged
5. an animal kept as a companion that rides along with you in your car
6. to proceed with a car


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