Saturday, March 31, 2012

Say What?

Q:


In the quiz show "Jeopardy!", three contestants compete for the right to return and play the following day (and oodles of cash, of course).  The winner moves on and the losers are replaced with two fresh faces.  The winner occupies the leftmost lectern and let's say the returning champ from the previous week is named "Bob".  Consider these two scenarios:

A:  Bob continues his winning ways and remains champ Monday through Friday, retaining his spot at the first lectern.

B:  Bob loses on Monday and is replaced with a new champ (Mary) who will occupy the first lectern when returning on Tuesday.  Mary loses, and as it turns out no one is able to win two days in a row.  This results in the first lectern being home to five different contestants Monday through Friday.

With this in mind, what is the minimum and maximum number of contestants needed to field a game of "Jeopardy!" for one week?

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Failed Expectations

Q:


"You give and give and give and it's never enough.  They don't care.  They just keep coming back for more."  Think of an eight letter word that might describe people like this.

Rearrange those eight letters to name someone who takes and takes and takes and keeps coming back for more.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

What's the Connection, Sir?

Q:  


Take the word "blew".  Add three letters before and three letters after to name something controlled by the wind.  The answer is a familiar single word.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

What Do We Have In Common?

Q:


"Before and After" is a "Wheel of Fortune" category where one phrase ends with a certain word, and the next phrase begins with the same word.  The common word is used only once.  For example, "bus stop" and "stop, drop and roll"  would read as "bus stop, drop and roll".

Take the phrase "Desmond is safe" and rearrange the letters to get three new words.  Then think of a word that can be added to make a "Before and After" phrase appropriate for this time of year.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Feels Like Only Yesterday

Q:

How about a good old fashioned rebus?

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