Thursday, March 21, 2013

Not Even Close

Q:

Take the postal abbreviations for two US states one after the other.  Add a letter to the end to name an animal.  Take the same letter and add two different postal abbreviations after it to name another animal from the same family.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

16

Q:

Think of the name of a gardening implement in the plural.  Think of an acronym for a major US sport.  Rearrange the letters to name a US state.

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A:

William Hogarth was an artist who fashioned a collection of eight paintings and engravings called "A Rake's Progress".  The title refers to our 16th president.  The acronym is NBA.

Nebraska

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Matthew 20:16

Q:

What is the next letter in this series?

E     O     E     R     E     X     N     T     E     _____

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A:  

"... the last shall be first..."  and a mirror.  Taking the last letter of each word in this series, the next letter is N, as in teN.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Far Out

Q:

Think of the name of a celestial body.  Rearrange the letters to name some animals.  Rearrange the letters again to name something these animals don't have.

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A:  

This is the best I could come up with this week.  

Mars          Rams          Arms


Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A Bit Cheesy

Q:

Name a type of country music.  Rearrange the letters to name something you'd need on a grizzly hunt.


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A:

The title refers to bleu cheese and the image is a group of lawn jockeys.

Bluegrass            Bear slugs

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Chow Time II

Q:

Each photo below represents a US state.  Can you name them?

Photos courtesy of (in no particular order)

Rick Eh?            Archangeli          istolethetv
Chrisfreeland2002            happy via            Special*Dark

A:

Each picture represents a postal abbreviation.  From the top left and going clockwise:

Foot Long ( Florida )
Orange Roughy ( Oregon )
Nacho Cheese ( North Carolina )
Wilted Spinach ( Wisconsin )
Nectarine Yogurt ( New York )
Seafood Crepe ( South Carolina )


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Chow Time

Q:

Each photo below represents a US state.  Can you name them?


Photos courtesy of  (in no particular order)

San Fran Annie         Chiot's Run            cle0patra
Renee S.                ulterior epicure          joana hard

A:

Each picture represents a postal abbreviation.  From the top left and going clockwise:

Macadamia Nuts ( Minnesota )
Vanilla Tea (Vermont )
Iceberg Lettuce ( Illinois )
Deviled Eggs ( Delaware )
White Asparagus ( Washington )
Maple Syrup ( Mississippi )