Wednesday, September 8: Tune It Or Die!
POP QUIZ 3: A WORD TO THE WISE
by Robert Lopresti
It’s the end of summer, so let’s not get too heavy.
Here are a few word games.
1. What do these words have in common?
abuse combat convict desert house produce rebel subject wind
Hint: These words do not belong in the above group: home, distress, fear, mouse.
2. What do THESE words have in common, besides being the names of animals?
bear cow crow dog dove fish fox hawk parrot
Hint: The following words do NOT share this characteristic with the words above: dodo, parakeet, raccoon, salmon, tiger,
3. Find the partner.
Each of the words in the left column has the same relationship with a word in the right column. Once you spot the relationship the rest is easy.
Hint: One pair is long and tall.
dark blunt flat easy in fewer less found left heavy long new soft rise spring safe wet sweet won tall young wrong
Answers next week.
Hmmm, I am not good at these word puzzles! I think I’ve figured out the second one, but “dove” makes me unsure. As to the other two, I have no idea . . . yet!
I believe I have solved the puzzles. Rather than spoil the fun, I’ll think up new instances: object;duck;unite/separate.
Zeke Hoskin
A shy friend and I came up with the following:
1) converse; increase; indent; entrance; separate
2) ferret; swan; skunk; buffalo; snake; fish; weasel; crab; worm; whale; buck; goose
3) on / fresh; loose / sober; cheap / loathed; come / stop; exit / attention deficit (The last one’s for our ADD columnist and is just as off the wall. A clue in our #1 above)
Sorry if DOVE throws you. You are on the right track. All of you guys are so smart! And I LOVE “entrance” as an example. Wish I had thought of it.
You are wicked, ABA, using the same word in TWO different puzzles.
To get even, here’s mine for section 3:
join / Eden (look to words in Rob’s section 1 for a clue)
Those are fun and challenging lists, Rob.
Dear Mr Pot
Me? Wicked?
You shall get your just deserts.
Miss Kettle