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amid eerie niger won spawn

What phrase do these words sound like when rearranged?

amid eerie niger won spawn

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“Won spawn amid niger eerie” sounds like, “Once upon a midnight dreary”, from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.

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What I Embrace I Destroy

My first two letters say my name.
My last letter asks a question.
What I embrace I destroy.

What am I?

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Ivy. IV is pronounced ivy, y is pronounced why and fast growing ivy can smother and kill trees, shrubs and grass.

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Asleep, Parts, Ideals Trianagrams

Rearrange the letters of the first word to form a new one, then rearrange the letters of the new word to form a third.

ASLEEP _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PARTS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IDEALS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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1. ASLEEP, PLEASE, ELAPSE
2. PARTS, TRAPS, STRAP (TARPS or SPRAT also work)
3. IDEALS, SAILED, LADIES

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Word Pronounced Incorrectly

What 11-letter word does everyone pronounce incorrectly?

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The word “incorrectly”.

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An Attorney for a Brother

The defendant testified, “The attorney is my brother,” but the attorney took the stand and denied having a brother under oath. Who is lying?

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Neither one of them lied. The defendant was the attorney’s sister.

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NOAS Rebus

What does this represent?

  P
NOASE
  Y

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Pay through the nose.

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Travel Far Before You Turn It Over

You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?

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An odometer.

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I Go Around In Circles

I go around in circles,
But always straight ahead
Never complain,
No matter where I am led.

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A wheel.

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What is the secret to this?

What is the secret to this?

A1
C1
E3
H3

What comes next?

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I2.Each entry is a letter, in alphabetical order starting with A, followed by the number of occurrences of that letter in the phrase “What is the secret to this”.There’s one ‘a’, thus we get A1. There are no ‘b’s so it doesn’t appear, then there’s one ‘c’, and so on.

I2.

Each entry is a letter, in alphabetical order starting with A, followed by the number of occurrences of that letter in the phrase “What is the secret to this”.

There’s one ‘a’, thus we get A1. There are no ‘b’s so it doesn’t appear, then there’s one ‘c’, and so on.

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I Live In A Busy Place In The City

I live in a busy place in the city,
I’ll let you stay with me for awhile,
If you don’t feed me, I can get you into trouble.

What am I?

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A parking meter.

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