True Story: Light Headed?

After a long day of work, I was relieved. I had been working since 4pm in a circuitry lab, working on the next big project. I observed the sun just starting to descend as I started to walk out to my car. All of a sudden, however, I had an urge to sneeze furiously! If it's the middle of January on a windy day, what's happening here?


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Different Spacing 2

Based on the following clues can you make 2 phrases with the same letters in the same order, but with different spacing? (Example: Abcde Fg + Abc Defg)

1. Near Pitch + 1st Wardrobe
2. Love Painting + Listening to a Pastry
3. Crush & Tear + Smile & Trickle
4. Seasoning & Book Verb + A Female's Loaf
5. Edge of a Dish + Giving a Hair Decoration to Someone


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Letter Juggle 2

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. East - Up
2. West - Oak
3. Blog - Ranch
4. Over - Plaint
5. Outage - Ranger


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I'm So Mixed-up

Mix me up, and I'm fit for delivery
Shuffle me, and we're found in a cookery
Jumble me, and we spin in a nursery
Scrambled, and I might be left on cutlery
I'm hard to do with faulty machinery

What am I?


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Gone on Monday and Friday

Saturday and Sunday, I am big.
Tuesday through Thursday, I am small.
Monday and Friday, I am non-existent.
What am I?


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Proverbs By Another Name

Each group of words below is a commonly known phrase. Try to guess what that phrase is.

1.The total entity of substances which exhibit a reflection of light particles in awesome profusion are not necessarily composed of a soft, yellow metallic substance.

2. A couple offers possibility of camaraderie, while trebly aggregates often have the appearances of a multitude.

3. A member of the class of Aves that energizes rapidly from a state of nocturnal hibernation is able to seize by force or stratagem the lumbrious terristris.

4. Homo sapiens who inhabit abodes composed of pellucid substances containing silicon materials should be prudent of casting hard cobbles.


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Curtail R

When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.

1. Measuring stick -> Law
2. Prophet; visionary -> To perceive
3. Rip; pull apart -> Beverage
4. Topic; anything with mass and volume -> Not glossy; flat
5. Moon depression -> Large box
6. One who digs for ore -> Belonging to me
7. Police person -> Place of work
8. Vocalist -> Scorch; burn superficially


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Das Boot

What is this?

Sticker Bum
Sticker Sticker Bum Bum
Sticker Sticker Sticker Bum Bum Bum


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Five Siblings

Five siblings are they, their color is true;
One belongs to one, four are shared by two.
Connected together, some by locks;
Many meet their fate upon the rocks.
Arrange their initials, and you should
Find things that are found in a neighborhood.

What has just been described?


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The Opposite Gender

Sam, Alex, Charlie, and Jordan are related. One of them is the opposite gender from the other three. Here are some facts:

1. Charlie's only son is either Sam or Alex.
2. Jordan's sister is either Alex or Charlie.
3. Jordan is either Sam's brother or Sam's only daughter.

Who is the opposite gender from the other three?


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They are Out There

Decipher the following rebus:

GOT
GOT
GOT
GOT
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES


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Hinkie Pinkie

These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.

Example : Over-sized Feline = Fat Cat

Kiss Dog
Funny Cat
Movie Monster
Unusual Rabbit
Copper Teapot
Wedding Limo
Untamed Minor


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Bit of Brush Anagram

Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence.

Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean)

1. Bit of brush
2. Opposite of unite
3. Writings of a steno
4. They affix without paste
5. Having less reason for fears
6. Animal that may need a shoer

Excerpted from an old Reader's Digest


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Plain White

I constantly collide into all the others,
The only one of 16 without colors.
Associated with English and banking and breaking,
The answer is right there for the taking.


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Decapitation

Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.

What am I?


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Curtail E

When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Heavenly body
Answer: The words are Start and Star.

1. Evergreen tree -> Thin, pointed piece of metal
2. Burning process -> Evergreen tree
3. Gaze intently -> Heavenly body
4. Subject; unifying idea -> Those people
5. Money paid for work -> Move from side to side
6. Soft-surfaced leather -> Took to court
7. Harsh; extreme -> To cut off
8. To bring together -> A single thing


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Generous Application

Packaged in a jar or perhaps a tub
Enjoyed from Wellington to Timbuktu

Although some may think I come from a nut
Nutritionists would know that I do not

Use me to form a delicious lunch slice
Tastier yet with my fruity topper

What am I?


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Teaser Teaser

Eliminate all 26 letters of the alphabet in alphabetical order, but not necessarily starting with 'A', to reveal a sentence.

sohmeitjkimlemsnthopeseqtresasteursvwcaxnydrziaveybcoduesifllgy


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Missing Letters I

Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

Perfu (--) rge
Barb (--) itor
Again (--) ain
Sta (--) sture
Giraf (--) deral
Featu (--) medy


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The Egg

How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?


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