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	Words of A Feather Are, Came, Gape, Lien view solution



	A More Mathematical Problem! What is the next number in the following sequence, and why? 7, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25 Submitted by Anonymous view solution



	A Common Quality What quality do the following letters have in common? B D G J P Q R U view solution



	Turtles and Moons What do the following have in common? turtle, moon, ear view solution



	Where Sea Meets Land You'll find me where the sea meets land, Proud, tall, and straight I stand. Warmth in winter, and summer shade, In between I begin to fade. What am I? view solution



	Opposite Words Explain how each pair of words below, are opposites: 1. thieves, rail 2. horse, dog 3. drum, goose 4. nails, pie 5. owl, post Submitted by Graeme Scoring: 1 point for each correct pair; two point bonus for all 5 correct the first time. view solution



	Some Special People Well, last week's puzzle didn't have many solvers; maybe a few more people will get this one: What do the following people have in common? Moses Superman Cabbage Patch kids Submitted by an anonymous visitor view solution



	All Of A Type What unusual characteristic do the following words have in common? port, quite, tier, pretty, power view solution



	At Concert Halls... A noun, a verb, a number word A mark or cut upon a page At hockey games I'm always heard At concert halls I'm all the rage What am I? view solution



	An Alphabet? What is the next item in the following sequence, and why? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y view solution



	A Number List What is the next item in the following sequence, and why? 2 4 5 6 8 12 14 15 view solution



	The Fruit Basket Twenty people went to a party. At the party was a basket filled with twenty apples. At the end of the party, each person took one apple, yet there was still one apple left in the basket. How could this happen? view solution



	Peculiar Words What rare quality do the following four words have in common? facetious abstemious annelidous arsenious view solution



	Elementary, My Dear Watson! What is the next item in the following sequence, and why? H H L B B C N view solution



	Hold The World I'm large enough to hold the world Yet I can sit upon a shelf But most peculiar is the truth That I contain myself What am I? view solution



	A Truncated Alphabet What rule defines the following sequence of letters? B C D G J K P Q T V W Y Z view solution