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[SIZE=14pt]Puzzle 1 (Easy)[/SIZE]
All puzzle makers are insane
Some people who solve puzzles are nuts
I am insane, but not nuts
Therefore, I am:
A. definitely a puzzle maker
B. definitely not a puzzle solver
C. both A and B
D. possibly not a puzzle maker
E. possibly a puzzle solver
F. both D and E
Puzzle 2 (Easy)
Letter Removal Teaser
I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.
Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.
Answers: FLAVOUR and FAVOUR.
Thinking his firing was an inevitable outcome, he moved very slowly toward his supervisor's office.
1. steep and step
2. rifle and rife
3. bullet and bulle
4. twist and twit
5. cinch and inch
6. skill and kill
Puzzle 3 (Easy)
I am a reward. Read backward, you believe something. Change one of my letters, and you have a drink. What am I?
1. Meed
2. Medal
3. Gold
4. Cub
5. Prize
6. Gan
Puzzle 4 (Easy)
The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:
A type of thief : Talk too much
The answers are PIRATE and PRATE. Here is the actual problem:
To cause to spread or flow : To read in a leisurely manner
1. SCEAN and SCAN
2. PERFUSE and PERUSE
3. SMEAR and SEAR
4. FATHOME and FATHOM
5. DIRECT and IRECT
6. None of the
Puzzle 5 (Easy)
If you are to pursue a part of a play, which has been carved in granite, what saying do you have?
1. To sink like a brick
2. A hard act to follow
3. Once bitten, twice shy
4. Beggars can't be choosers
5. Follow that car
6. Say when
Puzzle 6 (Medium)
60 seconds and the term of one's existence is through what name related to a Shakespearean character? Hint: Don't get bogged down by this one.
1. Othello
2. Hamlet
3. Julia
4. Romeo
5. Henry VIII
6. The witch
Puzzle 7 (Medium)
I created "expanse of scenery with Hinomaru". I was a postimpressionist painter, and you've probably heard of me.
1. Pablo Picasso
2. Paul Gauguin
3. Salvador DalÃ
4. Vincent Van Gogh
5. Piet Mondriaan
6. Pieter Breughel
Puzzle 8 (Medium)
B.F. is (in?)famous for me, and if you remove my first letter, you have an animal. What am I?
1. Box
2. Pox
3. Scat
4. Prat
5. Brat
6. Cape
Puzzle 9 (Hard)
If an object moving at 1 mile/hour accelerates 1 mile/hour for every meter it travels, how fast will it be travelling in half of an hour?
1. 117 miles/hour
2. 455 miles/hour
3. 1283 miles/hour
4. 44444 miles/hour
5. 100999 miles/hour
6. None of the above
Puzzle 10 (Hard)
In a game of Rugby, you are 88 feet from the goal-line, but you must get around the defensive players by running to the left of them. You are 50 feet from the touch line on your left. If you move in a straight line to the left of the players, directly to the goal line, what is the maximum distance that you could travel in feet without going into touch
1. 93.76
2. 101.21
3. 102.44
4. 106.3
5. 106.96
6. 109.18
All puzzle makers are insane
Some people who solve puzzles are nuts
I am insane, but not nuts
Therefore, I am:
A. definitely a puzzle maker
B. definitely not a puzzle solver
C. both A and B
D. possibly not a puzzle maker
E. possibly a puzzle solver
F. both D and E
Puzzle 2 (Easy)
Letter Removal Teaser
I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.
Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.
Answers: FLAVOUR and FAVOUR.
Thinking his firing was an inevitable outcome, he moved very slowly toward his supervisor's office.
1. steep and step
2. rifle and rife
3. bullet and bulle
4. twist and twit
5. cinch and inch
6. skill and kill
Puzzle 3 (Easy)
I am a reward. Read backward, you believe something. Change one of my letters, and you have a drink. What am I?
1. Meed
2. Medal
3. Gold
4. Cub
5. Prize
6. Gan
Puzzle 4 (Easy)
The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:
A type of thief : Talk too much
The answers are PIRATE and PRATE. Here is the actual problem:
To cause to spread or flow : To read in a leisurely manner
1. SCEAN and SCAN
2. PERFUSE and PERUSE
3. SMEAR and SEAR
4. FATHOME and FATHOM
5. DIRECT and IRECT
6. None of the
Puzzle 5 (Easy)
If you are to pursue a part of a play, which has been carved in granite, what saying do you have?
1. To sink like a brick
2. A hard act to follow
3. Once bitten, twice shy
4. Beggars can't be choosers
5. Follow that car
6. Say when
Puzzle 6 (Medium)
60 seconds and the term of one's existence is through what name related to a Shakespearean character? Hint: Don't get bogged down by this one.
1. Othello
2. Hamlet
3. Julia
4. Romeo
5. Henry VIII
6. The witch
Puzzle 7 (Medium)
I created "expanse of scenery with Hinomaru". I was a postimpressionist painter, and you've probably heard of me.
1. Pablo Picasso
2. Paul Gauguin
3. Salvador DalÃ
4. Vincent Van Gogh
5. Piet Mondriaan
6. Pieter Breughel
Puzzle 8 (Medium)
B.F. is (in?)famous for me, and if you remove my first letter, you have an animal. What am I?
1. Box
2. Pox
3. Scat
4. Prat
5. Brat
6. Cape
Puzzle 9 (Hard)
If an object moving at 1 mile/hour accelerates 1 mile/hour for every meter it travels, how fast will it be travelling in half of an hour?
1. 117 miles/hour
2. 455 miles/hour
3. 1283 miles/hour
4. 44444 miles/hour
5. 100999 miles/hour
6. None of the above
Puzzle 10 (Hard)
In a game of Rugby, you are 88 feet from the goal-line, but you must get around the defensive players by running to the left of them. You are 50 feet from the touch line on your left. If you move in a straight line to the left of the players, directly to the goal line, what is the maximum distance that you could travel in feet without going into touch
1. 93.76
2. 101.21
3. 102.44
4. 106.3
5. 106.96
6. 109.18
