Last week, the local Primary school was visited by the Government School Inspector who was there to check that teachers were performing well in their respective classes.
He was very impressed with one particular teacher. The Inspector noticed that each time the class teacher asked a question, every child in the class put up their hands enthusiastically to answer it.
More surprisingly, whilst the teacher chose a different child to answer the questions each time, the answers were always correct.
Why would this be?
Answer
The children were instructed to ALL raise their hands whenever a question was asked. It did not matter whether they knew the answer or not.
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If they did not know the answer, however, they would raise their LEFT hand.
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If they knew the answer, they would raise their RIGHT hand.
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The class teacher would choose a different child each time, but always the ones who had their RIGHT hand raised.
Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each â?â represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape.
waist ? tail ? ? side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole[/quote]
I tried, but didnât get very farâŚ
waist COAT tail SPIN DOWN side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole
CRUD!! I forgot about this thread!
Here are the answers to that puzzle, by the way:
waist coat tail gate way side arm pit fall out put down cast off spring time line man hole
[quote=âLadyOfWiccaâ post=141163]Last week, the local Primary school was visited by the Government School Inspector who was there to check that teachers were performing well in their respective classes.
He was very impressed with one particular teacher. The Inspector noticed that each time the class teacher asked a question, every child in the class put up their hands enthusiastically to answer it.
More surprisingly, whilst the teacher chose a different child to answer the questions each time, the answers were always correct.
Why would this be?[/quote]
It was lunch time for that class and the teacher was asking âWho is next in line?â, and the teacher always picked the next person in line to answer.
Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each â?â represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape.
waist ? tail ? ? side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole[/quote]
Iâll give it a try, but no clue if I even attempted it right.
[spoiler]waist tall tall tail tailspin spinout outside side step step light light fall fall back backtrack track down down right right way way back back spring spring board board game game center center hole
waist ? tail ? ? side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole[/spoiler]
Slick
A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?
a lockâs companion and a bright-colored tropical bird & a vegetable and a vegetable
a chilly tome & a courageous chef
a mournful song & a spoiled cold dish of vegetables served with dressing
an excavation of an underground ore deposit in Geneva & the winner of a beauty pageant sponsored by pig farmers
Answer -
1) key and parrot & pea and carrot
2) cold book & bold cook
3) sad ballad & bad salad
4) Swiss mine & Miss Swine
[quote=âLadyOfWiccaâ post=141771]1) a lockâs companion and a bright-colored tropical bird & a vegetable and a vegetable
2) a chilly tome & a courageous chef
3) a mournful song & a spoiled cold dish of vegetables served with dressing
4) an excavation of an underground ore deposit in Geneva & the winner of a beauty pageant sponsored by pig farmers[/quote]
Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are eleven pairs of definitions. Both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the eleven answers will spell out the name of a beloved TV celebrity. Who is it?
Spend time idly or bread unit
Workerâs organization or marriage
Pine tree fruit or ice cream holder
Feeling of curiosity or savings account accrual
Land parcel or considerable quantity
Illumination or not weighty at all
Typewriter type style or the VIP crowd
Babyâs toy or city square
Weapon or upper body appendage
Bowling group or three nautical miles
Stand at a slant or thin
Answers -
1. Loaf
2. Union
3. Cone
4. Interest
5. Lot
6. Light
7. Elite
8. Block
9. Arm
10. League
11. Lean
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Celebrity: Lucille Ball
[quote=âLadyOfWiccaâ post=141926]1. Spend time idly or bread unit
2. Workerâs organization or marriage
3. Pine tree fruit or ice cream holder
4. Feeling of curiosity or savings account accrual
5. Land parcel or considerable quantity
6. Illumination or not weighty at all
7. Typewriter type style or the VIP crowd
8. Babyâs toy or city square
9. Weapon or upper body appendage
10. Bowling group or three nautical miles
11. Stand at a slant or thin[/quote]
1. loaf
2. union
3. cone
4. interest
5. acre
6. light
7. elite
8. block
9. arm
10. league
11. lean
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 âsâ from âBoastâ to âHipâ creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.
Pain - Nil
War - Zoned
Routing - Tip
Shot - Teaming
Right - Blight
Answers -
1. Pin - Nail
2. Ward - Zone
3. Outing - Trip
4. Hot - Steaming
5. Bright â Light
[quote=âLadyOfWiccaâ post=143098]1. Start with IMPOSSIBLE.
2. Change the second vowel from the left to E.
3. If occurrence is spelled correctly, change the 2nd consonant to H. If it is not spelled correctly, change the last consonant to T
4. Omit the letters, in order, that spell MESS.
5. Insert CABBAGE after the 1st vowel.
6. Change the 2nd I to A.
7. Move the first vowel so that is directly to the right of the 4th consonant.
8. If mischieveous is spelled correctly, omit the first two letters. If it is spelled incorrectly, omit the double consonants.
9. Change the G to V.
10. Switch the places of the 2nd consonant and the 3rd consonant.
11. If occasionally is spelled correctly, omit the 2nd letter. If is spelled incorrectly, add IN after the first letter.
12. Switch the order of the 1st and 2nd letters.
13. If your letters now form a correctly-spelled word, use the word in the sentence below. If not, review the directions to find any possible errors.
Solving this brain teaser is not IMPOSSIBLE. It is _______________________![/quote]
The Pope has it but he does not use it.
Your father has it but your mother uses it.
Nuns do not need it.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one,
Michael J. Foxâs is quite small.
What is it?
