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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Guess the Animals #2

Find out what the animals are! (for example, "To run away or escape" could be a "flea")

1. A strong body tissue
2. Government head of a town/city
3. To sound low, husky, or grating
4. Relating to a group of singers
5. Stealin'
6. A parent's female sibling
7. A mythical curse or bond
8. A second-person pronoun
9. Thin thread-like outgrowth from the skin
10. To exist. A form of 'am' or 'was.'


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Alphabetically Challenged

What is the meaning of this rebus?

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQUSTRVWXYZ


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Sugar

Can you decipher this:

ssugarpsugarosugarosugarn
M
E
D
I
C
I
N
E


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Professional Anagrams 2

Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer.

One Word
1. Stamp on
2. For trees
3. Remit sin
4. Menial cop
5. Court poser

Two Words (first word is "a" or "the")
6. Dints teeth
7. He tots income
8. Sit, chat, pay, sir
9. I seen at birth cot
10. Their art's caustic

Two Words
11. Spirit shaper
12. Poles gather a report

Bonus (two jobs, middle word is "and")
13. Mass dress alteration


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OR OR #2

Every clue below can be answered with a two word phrase in which each word contains OR. Your job is to figure out what they are. Good luck.

1. Title for the head of London
2. Largest city in the Beaver State
3. Northern Lights
4. Author of 1984
5. Piece of paper you fill out in a catalog
6. Twining plant with funnel-shaped flowers
7. Pyongyang's country
8. Neighborhood place to buy a quart of milk


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Double 21

My first is double twenty-one but twice of twenty-two,
Decipher it and you will see that statement is quite true.

My next two are just three apart, or, looking at the link,
You'll have the answer easily and will not have to think.

My fourth is so more ways than one, so long as you can spell,
While my fifth splits first and second, so what is it? Can you tell?

It may seem like these words of rhyme are nonsense things to say,
Though the five together are right here (two ways) so what are they?


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Country Scramble 2

Unscramble these five word jumbles and use the instructions given next to them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters.


1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter.
2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter.
3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter.
4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter.
5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter.


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Nahco Cheese

I'm powerful enough to clean most anything,
Yet gentle enough to eat.

I'm used to make an explosion of sorts,
Yet can be found at millions of stores worldwide.

I can kill grass,
And even tenderize your meat.

I can clean up even the smelliest stench,
and soften your fabrics.


What am I?


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One Word Below Has Got To Go

Which word below is the odd-one-out and why?

showed
history
sidewalk
antelope
building
numbest


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Salt and Pepper

Can you decipher this common phrase?

Salt: Good morning
Pepper: Hello


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Research Team

What do these sentences translate to?

"A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member."


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Blue Earth

I am where the sky is orange;
I am where the grass is red;
I am the land of violet bananas
and the home to blue oranges.

What am I?


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A Real Blue Blood!

If I were to bleed from a wound or two,
You'd note in amazement, my blood is blue.
I'm found as a fossil in ancient stone,
Yet living today, I'm almost a clone.
My eyes will adjust a great many fold,
To see by the moonlight, who I can hold.
If I could tell my mate, I would say it is true,
These wonderful eyes are only for you.
I'm one of the last to die from pollution,
A living exception to evolution.


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Odd Two Out

In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both?

EXAMPLE:

Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose

Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower.

Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name.

You're on your own for the rest!

1. Aqua - Hazel - Willow - Cherry

2. Cat - Sword - Hamster - Dog

3. Prince - Double - Queen - King


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