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	A Christmas Shopping Riddle This problem will remain up through the Christmas season - check back in January for a new puzzle! William went Christmas shopping. He spent half of his money on his sister's Christmas present, and a third of his money on his brother's Christmas present. After that, he spent two-thirds of the remaining money on his mother's Christmas present, and then he had twenty dollars left, which he gave to his father. How much money did William start out with? Please explain your answer! view solution



	Orange And Purple This is more a trivia question than a riddle. If you don't know the answer, a bit of online research might turn up the solution. Besides the fact that they are colors, what unusual trait do ORANGE and PURPLE share? view solution



	Rhyming Association: White, Money, Student What three rhyming words are associated with the following words: WHITE MONEY STUDENT view solution



	Transportation, A Big Mistake and A Firearm Part of me is a mode of transportation. Part of me is a big mistake. All of me is a firearm. What am I? view solution



	Thanksgiving Food Guide In honor of Thanksgiving, this riddle will remain up for two weeks. Everyone enjoy time with friends and family! And for Canadian visitors, Happy Belated Thanksgiving! Here's the puzzle. At Thanksgiving the Wellers family gets together and has a strange meal which includes: cranberries, carrots, stuffing, lettuce, peppers, cheese, meatballs, pizza, and apple juice. List two more items which could be on the menu, and explain why! view solution



	Word Association: Case, Shoulder, Call What word is commonly associated with the following three words? CASE SHOULDER CALL view solution



	Land Of Sixteen Fingers In the strange land of sixteen fingered people, they have developed a numeral system quite different from our own. In their land, many of their numbers look like our letters: I = 1 L = 3 I = 4 U = 7 C = 11 n = 13 Given that information, can you deduce what number is represented by our letter O? You must explain your answer! view solution



	Word Association: elaborate, heart, Lydia I won't kid you on this one...if I was asked to solve this word association, I have my doubts that I would figure it out. To help you out a little bit, I'll tell you that one of your clue words is connected to the Bible. Running a search at Bible Gateway might help you out. Anyway, the question is: what single word can be associated with the following words? ELABORATE HEART LYDIA view solution



	Something Tasty! What Is It? Here is an unfinished sentence and a list of four words. If ONLY ONE of the four words will complete the message, which word is it? The Unfinished Sentence HOW I LOVE A TASTY... The Words A. PIE B. COOKIE C. MILKSHAKE D. WATERMELON You must submit an explanation with your answer! view solution



	Word Association: Pump, Number, First What single word is often associated with each of the following? PUMP NUMBER FIRST view solution



	Sequence Of Numbers What number comes next in the following sequence of numbers? 23, 57, 1113, 1719, 2329... view solution



	Word Association: Cheese, Shoe, Guitar What word is commonly associated with each of the following words? Cheese Shoe Guitar view solution



	Riddle: An animal which is never old Here is a silly riddle for you... What animal is never old? view solution



	Baseball, Tree, Sales Well, we got off to a good start last week - lots of correct solutions to the puzzle - let's see how you do with this week's puzzle... What word is often associated with each of the following three words? BASEBALL TREE SALES view solution



	Marcus and Lucetius Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all had a great summer. This year's BrainFood puzzles are going to be a mixed bag...there will be several "Word Associations", like last year's puzzles, but there will be a variety of other puzzles interspersed throughout. Your first puzzle for this year is a coded message. The question is: What number is represented by the following coded message? Marcus Can't Make Lucetius Violate Impressive Instructions. view solution



	Family, Wave, Teeth: A Word Association What single word is in some way related to each of the following words? WAVE FAMILY TEETH view solution



	Wind, Baker, Bird - A Rhyming Association What three rhyming words can be associated with the following words: WIND BAKER BIRD view solution



	Feather, Head, Green, Year - Word Association What word can be associated with the following words: FEATHER HEAD GREEN YEAR view solution



	Storm, Evil, Apple - A Word Association What word is associated with each of the following: STORM EVIL APPLE view solution



	Ox, Wheel, Tree - A Rhyming Association What three rhyming words are associated with the following: OX WHEEL TREE view solution



	Egg, Island - A Word Association This word association is a bit different, because there are only two words listed - this may open up lots of possible solutions. What word is associated with both of the following words? EGG ISLAND view solution



	Tired, Ear, Day - A Word Association What word is associated with each of the following words? TIRED EAR DAY view solution



	Hole, Push, Hook - A Word Association What word can be used in conjunction with each of these words: HOLE PUSH HOOK view solution



	Absurd, Club, Cold - Rhyming Association What three rhyming words can be associated with the following three words: ABSURD CLUB COLD view solution



	Rose, Pin, Punch - A Word Association What word can be associated with each of the following? ROSE PIN PUNCH view solution



	Cow, Praise - A Word Association This word association is a bit different, because there are only two words listed - this may open up lots of possible solutions. What word is associated with both of the following words? COW PRAISE view solution



	Cereal, Dog, Cruel - A Word Association What word can be associated with each of the following words? Hint: you are actually looking for two words that sound alike; one is a PROPER NOUN, and is spelled differently from the other) CEREAL DOG CRUEL view solution



	Phone, shout, live, magic - A Rhyming Association What four rhyming words can be associated with the following words? PHONE SHOUT LIVE MAGIC view solution



	Leaf, Antelope, Ground - A Word Association Another word association with a twist - you are looking for TWO words that sound identical (but are spelled differently). These words can be associated with each of the following. LEAF ANTELOPE GROUND view solution



	Water, Kind, Cost, Rodents - Rhyming Association What rhyming words can be associated with the following words? WATER KIND COST RODENTS view solution



	Dirt, Spice, Robbery, Bell - A Rhyming Association There are four rhyming words that can be associated with each of the following words. What are the four rhyming words? Dirt Spice Robbery Bell view solution



	Trousers, guitar, wood - A Word Association What word can be associated with each of the following? Note: you are actually looking for two words which are spelled differently, but sound identical! Trousers Guitar Wood view solution



	Neck, Bread, Growing - A Word Association Warning...this word association is a bit tricky because it includes a foreign language clue. To help you out, the language is French, and if you don't know French, you can still solve it, by using an online translator (like the one in Google's "Language Tools") to figure it out. What one (English) word is associated with each of the following words? Neck Bread Growing view solution



	Shoe, Sell, Head - A Word Association What word can be associated with each of the following words? SHOE SELL HEAD view solution



	Heart, Tooth, Standard - A Word Association What word can be used in association with each of the following? Heart Tooth Standard view solution



	Horn, Golf, Money - A Word Association What one word can be associated with each of the following? Horn Golf Money view solution



	Logic, Scent, Feet - A Word Association What word can be used in conjunction with the following three words? Logic Scent Feet view solution



	Horse, Football, Mercy Word Association What one word is used in conjunction with the following three words? Horse Football Mercy view solution