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Lol Wicca, read straight through it.

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Itā€™s been years since I read Watchmenā€¦

Pure guesswork

Iā€™m thinking that the company started with a ā€œCā€ā€¦ Charleston?

The Comedian - Peacemaker
Dr. Manhattan - Captain Atom (!)
Nite Owl - ???
Ozymandias - Thunderbolt
Rorschach - The Question
Silk Spectre - Nightshadow (?)

Like I said, itā€™s been years since I read these. The brain remembers what it wants.

EDIT: Lately, Iā€™ve been going back over The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novels. Alan Moore certainly knows how to weave a story.

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Close @Slowhand

[details= Watchmen Answers]

Company =Charlton Comics

Rorshach = The Question
Comedian = Peacemaker
Nite Owl = Blue Beetle
Dr. Manhattan = Captain Atom
Silk Spectre = Nightshade
Ozymandias= Peter Canon, Thunderbolt
[/details] Good job!

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You know, I thought about Blue Beetle, but talked myself out of it.

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I have one, you have one.
If you remove the first letter, a bit remains.
If you remove the second, bit still remains.
After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains.
It dies hard!
.
.
.
.

[details=Answer:]
Habit
Remove h - a bit remains.
Remove a - bit remains.
Remove b - it remains.[/details]

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Spoiler

habit

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That was fun, a riddle you donā€™t need Adam Westā€™s Bat Computer to figure out :wink:

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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

[details=Answers:]

Ruler -> Rule
Seer -> See
Tear -> Tea
Matter -> Matte
Crater -> Crate
Miner -> Mine
Officer -> Office
Singer -> Singe[/details]

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  1. Ruler / Rule
  2. Seer / See
  3. Tear / Tea
  4. Matter / Matte ( had to cheat on this one)
  5. Crater / Crate
  6. Miner / Mine
  7. Officer / Office
  8. Singer / Singe
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Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser:

MTHEE Take letters 3 & 4
TTLERA Take letters 1 & 2
XETNDE Take letters 1 & 6
AYL Take letter 1

Unscramble the letters you collectedā€¦ what do you get?

[details=Answers:]

MTHEE Take letters 3 & 4 - - - - THEME - - - - take E,M
TTLERA Take letters 1 & 2 - - - - RATTLE - - - - take R,A
XETNDE Take letters 1 & 6 - - - - EXTEND - - - - take E,D
AYL Take letter 1, - - - - - - - - - - - LAY - - - - - - - take L

Unscramble the above to get ā€˜Emeraldā€™.[/details]

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Answer

Theme - EM
Rattle - RA
Extend - ED
Lay - L

Emerald

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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. Greeting word -> Hades; place of torment
  2. Company symbol -> Tree trunk piece; written record
  3. Large stringed instrument -> Small room; prison
  4. Vote against; forbid -> Pet doctor
  5. Jewellery or stone carved in relief -> Arrived; moved toward something
  6. Champion; type of sandwich -> That woman
  7. Rope with a sliding loop at one end -> An unmarried young woman
  8. Exhibition of cowboy skills -> Was carried on the back of an animal

[details=Answers:]

  1. Hello -> Hell
  2. Logo -> Log
  3. Cello -> Cell
  4. Veto -> Vet
  5. Cameo -> Came
  6. Hero -> Her
  7. Lasso -> Lass
  8. Rodeo -> Rode[/details]
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  1. Hello / Hell
  2. Logo / Log
  3. Cello / Cell
  4. Veto / Vet
  5. Cameo / Came
  6. Hero / Her
  7. Lasso / Lass
  8. Rodeo / Rode

They all ended with ā€œOā€!

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A man works at an aquarium. Every day he spends a large chunk of his time trying to stop people from tapping on the glass at the shark tank. Finally, fed up with it, he comes up with a solution. The solution works perfectly; the next day no one taps on the glass. However, he is fired for it. What was the manā€™s solution?

[details=Hint (if you need it)]

The plan took some effort to do and not everyone could accomplish it.[/details]

[details=Answer:]

The man painted a crack on the glass. Fearing it would break, no one touched it. However, since it made the aquarium seem unsafe and it scared the patrons, he was fired.[/details]

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My best guess is that he put a fake ā€œcrackā€ in the glass so that people would be afraid to touch it. His boss must not have liked that cause people were scared to go near the tank.

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Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row!
.

  1. A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century.
    B _ _ _ _ _ N
    .
  2. A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins.
    T _ _ _ _ E
    .
  3. A term that can be used to describe boats and ships.
    K _ _ _ _ _ _ S
    .
  4. A character in a courtroom.
    A _ _ _ _ _ _ E
    .
    ā€”Experts Only!ā€”
  5. A Belgian language.
    W _ _ _ _ _ N
    .
    ā€”Just For Fun!ā€”
  6. This word has 3 consecutive double letters!
    B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R

[details=Hint:]

B A _ _ _ _ N

T O _ _ _ E

K _ _ _ _ _ S S

A P _ _ _ _ _ E

ā€”Experts Only!ā€”
W A _ _ _ _ N

ā€”Just For Fun!ā€”
B O _ _ _ _ _ _ E R[/details]

[details=Answers]

  1. Bassoon
  2. Toffee
  3. Keelless
  4. Appellee
  5. Walloon
  6. Bookkeeper[/details]
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Well hello there, new friends
Itā€™s a pleasure to meet you
I wonder if youā€™d indulge
The unique way I greet you

You see, Iā€™m a player
Of a great many games
So instead of just telling you,
Maybe try guessing my name

Now to make this more fair
Iā€™ll give you some clues
For there are so many ways
That my name is used

My family is royal
Though as has oft been spoken
The headgear I once wore
Has since become broken

In my more playful moods
I might hide in a box
Or just run around, for
Iā€™m nimble as a fox

But please donā€™t misjudge me;
Iā€™m not some lame slacker
I can work hard with a hammer
To become a road cracker

If I see you in trouble
At the side of the road
Iā€™ll be right there to help
If it eases the load

Iā€™m brave in the darkness,
When itā€™s black, call my name
But I get rather scary
When Iā€™m high on a plane

All right, one last clue
Then letā€™s call it a night:
Iā€™ll give you a grin
As an October light

So now that weā€™ve ended
This fun guessing game
Now can you tell me
Just what is my name?

[details=Hint]

Just one more hint then,
As Iā€™d like you to winā€¦
Can you believe my wifeā€™s fat
Knowing I am so thin?[/details]

[details=Answer]

I am Jack.

  • My family is royalty in a deck of cards, King, Queen and JACK.

  • My headgear (or crown) was broken in the nursery rhyme ā€œJACK and Jillā€.

  • I hide in a box as a JACK in the Box

  • In another nursery rhyme, Iā€™m told ā€œJACK be nimbleā€¦ā€

  • I work hard as a JACKhammer, being a road Cracker(JACK).

  • When you have a flat tire on the side of the road, you need a JACK.

  • You call out my name in the game of BlackJACK

  • Iā€™m scary on a plane when itā€™s ā€œhighā€ (as in hiJACK).

  • Iā€™ll give you a grin on an October (Halloween) night as a JACK-oā€™-lantern

  • Finally, Iā€™m thin and my wife is fat in the JACK Sprat nursery rhyme. Also, the first letter of each line in the hint spells out ā€œJACKā€.[/details]

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Answer

Jack

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466

LOL Too fast!

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