Never Dies Or Gets Worn Out

What is deep within you, never dies or gets worn out, and only needs some fire from time to time?

Your soul. Your soul is deep inside of you, it never dies and at various points in our lives we all get fired up about something.

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Its Own Past Tense

What common verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

Eat (ate).

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Three Letter Word Completion

What three letter word can complete the below words?

B___
D___
M___ET
P___ING
SH___

Ark, which produces: bark, dark, market, parking, shark.

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In Different Ways It’s Proudly Shown

In different ways, it’s proudly shown,
though many like it to have been sewn.
It’s never torn from being worn,
but when it’s torn, it should be burned.

A flag. They are displayed proudly in a variety of ways and are sewn on shirts. They are discarded from being too worn, but if torn or worn, they’re burned out of respect.

By Sef Daystrom

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I Look Like What I Represent

I am one of very few, perhaps the only one, to look like what I represent. What am I?

The word ‘bed’, which looks like an actual bed. The ‘b’ is the headboard, the ‘e’ is the mattress and the ‘d’ is the foot board.

If you know of another word that looks like the object it represents, add it in the comments.

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Strip Ground Fan

What one word goes with each of these to make a new phrase?

Strip
Ground
Fan

Out. Strip out is to remove parts from a machine. Ground out is when you hit a ground ball in baseball and are thrown out at first. Fan out is when something, such as cards, are spread out like a fan.

Thanks to Jeremy for solving this.

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The Case of Wesley and the Broken Window

Wesley’s mom discovered a broken window in the living room and went to ask Wesley about it. Wesley told her he had been playing Monopoly with his friend Cindy. She asked him what his last roll had been and he said, “A one”. She immediately knew he was lying.

How?

Monopoly has two dice, and the lowest number two dice can roll is 2. The window repair came out of Wesley’s allowance and he stopped throwing his baseball in the house.

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Celebrity Rhymes

The names below rhyme with the first and last names of famous celebrities.

For example, Forge Yearns would be George Burns.

What are the following celebrity names?

1. Bobbin Pilgrims
2. Semi Drawer
3. Grieve Slobs
4. Rally Hairy

1. Robin Williams (he will be missed)
2. Demi Moore
3. Steve Jobs
4. Halle Berry

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What is the secret to this?

What is the secret to this?

A1
C1
E3
H3

What comes next?

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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The Pet That Stays on the Floor

What kind of pet always stays on the floor?

A carpet.

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