Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum

Q:


Take the phrase "fusion tea".  You can rearrange the letters to come up with three distinct words.  One word has the opposite meaning of the other two, although the other two words are not necessarily synonyms.  What words are these?



A:

Pretty straight forward.  The word UMP appears twice in the title, as in an umpire in baseball.

Out    -    In    and    Safe

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Found In Translation

Q:


There are many foreign words that are made simply by removing one letter from an English word.  For example, a stylish young woman would be a chic chick.  See if you can come up with the answers to these clues.



Holidays for the sopranos                    Spanish

Found on a trike                                 Spanish

Giant potato                                        German

Fight over money                                 Russian

A:


Holidays for the sopranos                 Divas'  Dias                    Divas' Days

Found on a trike                               Tres  Tires                      Three Tires

Giant potato                                      Uber  Tuber                    Super Tuber

Fight over money                               Ruble  Rumble                 Ruble Rumble

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Life Is Short

Q:


Shank             Gold Tiara             Cower             Gib

__________ : __________ :: __________ : __________

Rearrange each group of letters and put them in their proper places to make a sensible analogy.



A:

Hanks  :  Big  ::  Crowe  :  Gladiator