Q: Take the letters of PYTHAGOREAN and rearrange them to make two familiar math terms.So there are 11 letters to anagram. I'll give you a hint, the two words aren't close in length. Neither GRAPH, nor THEORY is part of the answer.
A: HEPTAGON and RAY
Q: Think of a familiar three-word phrase in the form of 'in the blank.' The word that fills the blank will start with the letter 'S.' Move the 'S' to the end you'll get another familiar phrase in the form of 'in the blank.' What phrases are these?Well, I completely missed posting this before the deadline, but here's my answer...though the official answer might be different.
A: In the SWING --> In the WINGS
Q: Name an object in four letters, starting with the letter "P." Change the "P" to a "B" and you'll get a verb that names something you do with that object.I'm not going to help you out with a hint this time... you'll have to figure it out yourself.
A: PAIL --> BAIL
Q: What eight-letter noun -- containing the letter 'B' -- is pluralized by inserting an 'S' immediately before the 'B'?I figured the answer had to be something like 'mothers-in-law' where the plural goes inside the word. I didn't think too long before the answer came along. I'll tell you after the deadline passes.
A: PASSERBY --> PASSERSBY
Q: Take the phrase, 'take bets on.' Rearrange those 10 letters to name something to eat. What is it?"This one took almost no time at all, which is rare... and now I'm hungry. I'll post my answer after the deadline on Thursday.
A: TAKE BETS ON --> T-BONE STEAK
Q: Think of two different words meaning desire. Add the same letter in front of each of them, and you'll get two new words, each meaning "get rid of." What words are these?Since we were away in Hawaii, I didn't post this earlier in the week. Instead, I'll just have to post the puzzle and my answer all at the same time.
A: URGE and ITCH --> PURGE and PITCH
Q: Can you figure out the next few terms in the following sequence?I'll post the answer later in the week.
5, 15, 5, 18, 5, 24, 14, 20, 5, 14, 14, 5...
A: The sequence is now part of the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. Looking at onE, twO, threE, fouR, fivE, siX, seveN, eighT, it should be apparent that we are looking at the last letter of each number (in English) which is then converted to its position in the alphabet (E=5, O=15, etc.) following the pattern, the next few terms are ...14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 25...
Q: Name a traditional means of sending a communication, in eight letters. It contains the letter 'R.' Drop the 'R' and rearrange the remaining letters to name another means of communication, in seven letters. This is a modern means of communication. Hint: Both words start with the same letter. What words are these?With all the news recently about Western Union discontinuing telegrams I figured the eight letter word had to be 'telegram'... well, after lots of attempts at rearranging, I can tell you the answer isn't telegram. I will tell you that the second form of communication is definitely a more modern form of communication and it didn't exist, say twenty years ago, maybe less.
A: POSTCARD --> PODCAST
Q: Take the nine letters from 'G' to 'O'. Change one of them to the following letter of the alphabet. And re-arrange the result to name a famous person. Two hints: The answer is this person's full name. And it is a person who's been in the news lately.This puzzle isn't too difficult if you just look at the mix of letters. As always, I'll post my answer after the deadline.
A: Change the H to an I, and you can rearrange to get the president of North Korea: Kim Jong-il
Q: Take the word carburetor, add two letters and rearrange the result to name another car part. And the answer is one word. What car part is it?I won't give the answer away until after the deadline, but I will give one hint. My Eagle Talon had one of these, but my current car does not.
A: CARBURETOR + G and H --> TURBOCHARGER