Begin with a word, five letters to my name, Remove the first and last but I am the same Take out my middle and still I remain.
What word am I?
Empty. (mpt, emty or mt depending on your interpretation)
Empty. (mpt, emty or mt depending on your interpretation)
If every letter of the alphabet is worth its numerical value (A=1, B=2, C=3), what’s a common 11-letter word whose letter values total only 52?
Abracadabra
O, S, C, Y, S, B, T, D, ?
What is the next letter in the sequence?
E. Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s e arly light.
E. Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s e arly light.
Long and thin, red within, With a nail at the end.
What am I?
A finger.
I spit like bacon, am made with an egg, I have plenty of backbone but lack good legs, I peel like an onion but still remain whole, I’m long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole
What am I?
A snake.
Find rhymes for each set of words so the first is a category and the rest are items in the category.
For example, LOYALTY: spring, clean, rinse → ROYALTY: king, queen, prince
1. LOIN: mortar, climb, pickle 2. SQUISH: famine, search, doubt 3. GILDING: radium, Bose, hassle 4. THYME: surgery, girder, scrutiny
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel 2. FISH: salmon, perch, trout 3. BUILDING: stadium, mosque, castle 4. CRIME: perjury, murder, mutiny
1. COIN: quarter, dime, nickel 2. FISH: salmon, perch, trout 3. BUILDING: stadium, mosque, castle 4. CRIME: perjury, murder, mutiny
I’m usually quite pleasant As you roam and play, But if you look into my eyes, I’ll not look away.
Once you turn away from me, I’ll attack if I stay dry, Better grab a pail of water, I’ll not stop until I die.
What am I?
An Enderman, from Minecraft.
Enderman are normally passive, but they become hostile if a player looks directly at them. The Enderman will stare back until the player looks away, and then attack the player. A bucket of water is the best way to defeat an Enderman.
An Enderman, from Minecraft.
Enderman are normally passive, but they become hostile if a player looks directly at them. The Enderman will stare back until the player looks away, and then attack the player. A bucket of water is the best way to defeat an Enderman.
What’s the simplest way to make 20 using only three 3s (no other digits) and a combination of mathematical operations using any of these symbols?
+ – × / ^ ! √ . ()
(3 + 3) / .3 = 20
Which of the following words is the odd one out?
Chocolate Biscuit Lemonade Jelly Cake
Lemonade. It’s the only drink in the list.
Lemonade. It’s the only drink in the list.
What type of house weighs the least?
A lighthouse.