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Thanks Jangar

Come >> Cone

I''ll let the other one for the other people :nudge: :nudge: :p
Jangar Wrote::thumbs:

Well done and welcome to the Trivia Forum Jaydubs71 Smile

METAMORPHOSIS

Find a word that means “to arrive,” then change one letter to find the word for a geometric figure.

Find the word that means “solitary,” then change the first letter to find the word for an exact duplicate.


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alone and clone
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Well done Smile

ODD MAN OUT

Which of the places below is least like the others?
(The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.)


SICILY CRETE ICELAND
Jangar Wrote::thumbs:

Well done Smile

ODD MAN OUT

Which of the places below is least like the others?
(The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.)


SICILY CRETE ICELAND


Iceland - country...the others are parts of countries
penelope Wrote:Iceland - country...the others are parts of countries

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The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.


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Jangar Wrote::thumbs:


The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.


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Is it first names
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The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.


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Ted - Don - Bert - Rose - Seb - Theri
penelope Wrote:Ted - Don - Bert - Rose - Seb - Theri

The answer they give is: Ted, Ed, Lon, Don, Bert, Rose

But yours is also correct Big Grin So you get a :thumbs: Smile


Packing preserved kumquats is difficult, so one packer can pack only 12 jars in 8 hours. At the same rate, how many packers will it take to pack one gross of jars in two 8-hour days?
methinks the answer is 6
sooibrand Wrote:methinks the answer is 6

And methinks you're right :thumbs:

ANSWER: 6 (One packer can do 24 jars in 2 days. One gross is 144 jars, so it will take 6 packers.) Smile

TOM SWIFTY


First unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence.


YFMLIA A GLON RVYE SAH
KMIGNA FO YM BLATUEIFU
NTROIADTI DAIS MOT
BITHLGRY MPLAS.


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