Beaten and Burned
Ripped from my mother’s womb,
Beaten and burned, I become a bloodthirsty killer.
What am I?
SOLUTION
The answer is IRON ORE.
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27 Figures of Speech
Find 27 figures of speech in the illustration by Ella Baron below.
SOLUTION
- A piece of cake
- An ace up one’s sleeve
- Big cheese
- Play one’s cards close to one’s chest
- Cats got your tongue
- Cherry on the cake
- Crow over
- Cut the chase
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
- Hit the nail on the head
- Have (one’s) plate full
- Heart on one’s sleeve
- Holding a cat by the tail
- In a nutshell
- Kick the bucket
- Make ends meet
- Picture is worth a thousand words
- Joker in the pack
- Put a bug in someone’s ear
- Put one’s best foot forward
- Red herring
- Silver spoon in your mouth
- Spill the beans
- Tie in knots
- The shoe is on the other foot
- Time flies
- You can’t make an omelette without breaking egg
Hidden Objects Birds
Can you find the bird with the party hat?
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Pun Riddles
- Why do people go to the corner of the room when they are cold?
- Why was everyone afraid of Albert Einstein’s brother, Frank?
- What subject does a witch teach at school?
- What room can’t a skeleton enter?
- What rock group has only four members and none of them sing?
- What has two butts and kills people?
- How many tickles does it take to make a squid laugh?
- What do you call a squad of babies?
- What is a geologist’s favorite music genre?
- What’s blue and not very heavy?
SOLUTION
- Because it is 90 degrees there.
- Because he was Frank-Einstein, a monster.
- Spell-ing.
- The living room.
- Mount Rushmore.
- An assassin.
- Ten-tickles.
- An infantry.
- Rock.
- Light blue.
Wacky Wordies 1
Can you figure out what phrases and sayings are represented in the Wacky Wordies below?
SOLUTION
The answers are:
- Stacked deck
- Life of ease
- Holy mackerel!
- Straw vote
- Inflated ego
- Sloppy joes
- Rule of thumb
- T-squares
- Inverted pyramid
- Spinal cord
- Spring fever
- Checkered past
- “Me and My Shadow”
- Writer’s block
- Monograph
- Hollywood and Vine
- Striped bass
- Coconuts
- Knotty pine
- Bag of pipes
- Dotted Swiss
- Oliver Twist
- Comic strips
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Chief of staff
- Mini stereo
- Test grid
- Old English sheepdog
- All-star game
- “Amazing Grace”
The Least Spoken Language
Which is the least spoken language in the world?
SOLUTION
The answer is THE SIGN LANGUAGE.
Yours but Others Use It
What belongs to you but mostly other people use it?
SOLUTION
The answer is YOUR NAME.
Puzzle Sum 30
What nationalities do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
TURKEY – KEY + KEG + G – EGG = TURK
CANAL – L + DIANA – A = CANADIAN
