Time To Eat Yet?

Q:


Name something that is part of a group of twelve.  Move the first letter up two places and translate to name something that is part of a group of seven. 

A:


The title mentions time and the image is soup, as in soup du jour.  An hour is part of a group of 12 (excluding military time).  Move up 2 places and you get jour, French for day.  There 7 days in a week.

I've Seen This Before

Q:


Think of a US state postal abbreviation whose letters can be reversed to name a chemical element from the periodic table.  Think of a second US state postal abbreviation with the same property.  The name of the second chemical element will describe a property of  the first chemical element.  What are the states and elements?

A:

The title and image provide a clue.  The piece of wood has a large burl and when followed by the first four letters of the title, you get Burl Ives. 

There are two solutions to this puzzle.  Louisiana (LA) and Indiana (IN) can be reversed to Al (aluminum) and Ni (nickel).  Both are silver (Ag) in color which is reversed to get GA (Georgia).

Thanks to Lorenzo for pointing out the second solution.

More Color Codes

Q:


Last week we gaveth.  This week, we taketh away.

Take the phrase INDIGO ROE.  Drop one letter and rearrange the result to name a well known food brand.

Now, take the phrase TEAL NESTS.  Drop one letter and rearrange the result to get the full name of the company that owns the brand.

A:

The image is the Swiss Stock Exchange where the company trades.  Drop E and T to get

DIGIORNO                      NESTLE  SA

Color Coded

Q:


Take the phrase RED GOAT.  Add a vowel and rearrange the letters to name a popular beverage brand.

Now, take the phrase AQUA STORK.  Add a vowel and rearrange the letters to name the company that owned the brand for almost twenty years.

A:

The image shows blue and orange, the colors of the University of Florida.  The beverage was developed there in 1965 and shortly after the 1967 Orange Bowl, the production rights were sold to Stokely-Van Camp.  After 18 years, another company purchased the brand and subsequently sold it to Pepsico in 2001. 

Add an A to red goat and an E to aqua stork.

GATORADE             QUAKER OATS