This is an old book (more than 20 years old) digitized and thrown away. Contains great puzzles games and brain teasers. IUuseful for children. Author unknown
This is an old book (more than 20 years old) digitized and thrown away. Contains great puzzles games and brain teasers. IUuseful for children. Author unknown
This is an old book (more than 20 years old) digitized and thrown away. Contains great puzzles games and brain teasers. IUuseful for children. Author unknown
Puzzzles, Quizzes and Games
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Untransposed Anagrams
Tn the following the words are used in
Out transposing the order of the letters, /
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M AN ALG oF D to attend to his business.
x ee ee ay her thar aes
a cats ee a convent was best for
her sister, oo
23.0 the vigilant = Se ee took thé =a =
a and other booty to the po- |
lice station. a ~
a eg ee sympathy for
Ree Se knows no bounds. sa
5: Her mother~ said «] would teally —
~~ — about your personal appearance if you wer i
ee ee aha monty matters! iam
3 a
76. ‘Phe show commences at quate === = but it
—— pg much as HilF'an hour late.
b——_ —
9. Hic was éecucd of ——————
“bur the ether ——— —$ ——
won him a verdict-6F acquittal,
8. The optician found that inarder he Se
me ripht hehackto =
his glassts.
elt ya the for shad but with such
high {| — — — — he wouldn't dare take.a chance
with fees little boat.
WPT Tn 77h the pacriots indulged in fervid ——_-
— _____ and at times it was difficult to tell whether
* aman were a whig — — — ————
Nonsense Anagram Verse
Hete ig some real meaningless patter for you, The words
are real words burthe leuers are all mixed up. Try to un:
scmimble rhese and make sense out of verse, Some of the
words need no unscrambling—but that is up to you:
desiBte the mearsletst pinshin nabd
The nishefrra tas fal dya,
noAn he dresai a zayl ahdn
‘To vired.a thag away.
teY hothug he was me dinstang by,
He vage no douwart sing
tull pekt his neke and furchwal yee
pon sih rednels line.
4St oe = e
Same Word —Different Meanings
Tt all depends upon how you say it or how you write it in
a sentence, This is shown by the following eight sentences.
They all contain pairs of words which look the same but are
pronounced and used differently. See haw many of these
words you can fill in, Number 1 has been done for you.
1. He, as aS U BJ E CT of a foreign land, will
Berlowo tite ere this manifesto to him if 1
ene. tiisicorrect = nN se :
Stat ee ee cee of the penal law declares
That hesmay) Nota ee —any property
belonging to the firm.
de Geert ee —, knowing that she was be-
yond hope, wished to make her will, but it would have
been ——— en account of her mental
condition.
i ae to the thief it would be well to
remember that what he stole was =
and not worth a cent,
Oran playing — it is well to keep
RueOt option ee eS your speech as
7 The skipper cried to. his daughier: & = —S7a8
———— or the cord will slip and the
—— — — will be lost overboard!"
8, The fool who wanders into tackles: eee
— ————+ Who loses his: way and is overcome by the
heat, only gets his juss —— 9 a32 Eat Your Words
Sec how many words you can make out of the word ATE
by the addition of the letters piven, There are 46 wards,
How nisi} can’ you find?
ATE with B (3 words} .)
ATE with D (1 word)
| ATE with F (a words}
ATE with G (1 werd)
ATE with He (2-werds)
ATE with L (2 words),
SOATE with -M (4 words) eh
YATE with N: (4 words)
ATE with Po words)
ATE with BR (3 words}.
ATE with $ (5 words)
Progressive Anagram Verses
After finding the synonym for the capitalized word in ome
verse, adda Fetter and get the word which t Wanted in the
ext verse, and soon, always adding a fetter and sronaposine
‘the letters to get-a new word, The article in the firer verse,
for etimple, is AN and when P is added we get PAN (a
an for DISH which is capitalized). Now, go on from
there:
PueP belore an ARTICLE
Adsd a Kitchen DISH.
Burdaugiter doesn't want to cook
She has a higher wiih,
ifa
: {
With T she forms a word that shows aa
TheTROUNL Et chemct =~«CO CA
When. practicing her exercises: 7 =
Te ber music book: ="
+ With 0 ahe found the INSTRUMENTS:
(On which she likes to play, a; alien
For nothing could dupe her zeal: | PANG
She practiced night and day. Z
Another 5 will form 2 word
That proves ker EAGERNESS:
And we predict thar so much-orak
Will surely bring success.
“Ths -words are:
SESa he —a— ~
Transpositions
Here ate some very good anagrams. They all can be
turned into words which ace particularly appropriate. Soc
how many you can get:
Z Transpose JUS IN EarEy and get a religion:
a SRE SSS TY
ts ‘Transpose GOLDEN LAND and get the country thar
it best.describes: BE 2) 2 t eee
; Transpose BEST IN PRAYER and ger anocher re
Lo a ee
4; Transpose NO MORE STARS and get sudente of
A
Pl ce Spee ee, a
rege
ta
5 Transpose NAY, [REP! wae place where
it is enfored: Se et.
_ 6, Ttanspose GO PASS ‘TEN and get what mikes cars
Jin ee ee
_ isa great Dee) ee ee
, Transpose A DOG'S LIFE and get what i us:
franspose LURES FOR ME and get the feeling you
have after heing Juced: —__________________
‘Tanspose RECEIVED PAYMENT 2nd get snother
a8
fi Ailing‘Straighten Them Out
entences certainly need straightening out and it ts
jou to do it in the quickes possible time. Remember
_ each sentence begins with a capital letter and there ts. @
period after the dast letter in each case. This will immedi
ately Ax the first and last words for you and you cin goo
from there. Here are the ten sentences:
t. body the pF 08.6 “The degrees. temperatureis
merica, city New the is in York largest
tens dogs-cats. and into grow Puppies into
4. mountain is the world. the in Everest peal Mr, highest
5, all Beethoven greatest. the Of the was composers
6. plus The 3 product the sum of sixes of 6 threcs is the
sum of 6 and 6,
A Father. his uncle But
can than than older
4, intellects, of won Phy: world's Nobel the most
stein, brilliant the Prize for Albert one
gy public duty on his do spirited Every by jury. will citizen
serving a :
iti tg the capital capital the of
Tniliana, of Indians)
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Hidden Geography
Here are some sentences within which are «
ames of rivers, cities and countries. See if you 1.
them, and underline them. No, 1 has bedi dome—it is K
t, Did you see the man I left behind? He was a powerful
Arab. (@ rer)
2. Pwent te London with a mesenger who renurned as
4o0n-as 1 was through with my business there. (a river)
3. The gang established its headquarters on the bunks of
the river, bur the police found their lair. (2 river)
4 Loften wonder how can a damsel make such a display of
herself, (2 dominion }
5: Will Anua polish the silver for the party? (a cy)
6. Tell Carmen | anticipate 4 visit from her this: evening.
(acounry)
=. Unfortunately the sale might have been avoided ifthe
"mortgage had been"patd. ‘ta city)
8. Tt ts: not rich art Ford wants, but antiques of bygone
days. (a city)
9. Her at consented to her going to the concert with mc.
(ocaryy
qo. She tries to please inevery way, but she cannot cook. (id
rier) |
11. Boy, was La sucker? (2 continent)
1 Model. War.cach year, (a Sete)
43. How'm: blew spats depends on me. (a repreblic)
ra. Did you ever try to color a doughnut? (a State)
15. ‘The circle was eighteen feet in chameter. (# country)
th. Grandma, Lnever cat fein fe Stare) ;
7, Things being such | naturally want to go. (a-couniry)
na The Taugyuaontie atc all racketeers. (ie confines)
15. Certainly we agrees certainly! (a gonntry)
30. That ham is sour, Lam sure. (@ State)
——— m(Par: 5anin,) =
a
io ep) ee
‘The story given below contains thirren commuanty. ned
exPressions—expressions like “frech-air fend,” “hutter-and.
See man,” etc. "Theve expressions, which are in ttalics, areal]!
mined up, as you will seo when you read the story, Tt'tup te
you to straighten them out and lig them in their correct ox-
der on a piece of paper,
When Arthur Ables gnmaunted hismarriage, ir amcaga
big surprise to his friends ‘Whovhad always Beleval timid
ben ghent-minded father, and jy did sce odd to watch
him lead bis sired édiog away after the marriage ceremoay.
But it wat no see ae he was
Bitherieg nuisence of a eroshed bechefor! .
iia how happy he was 4 the Blddiieg ctiseel He weat
ground Actin a newhorn pene
BD, bride of hizmasl Beier dy den
wi olesale house, he mansped to si
country. The prond polsicms a pashli
ipurited tre and in one B - =i which fie visited,
Ei-erent salemtan asked hin. reed fis new idee wos
This made him extremely angry, and his shouting snuf
a i aroused the indignation of 2 camfrmed flat, who
ooderedt rare coer Hout being in wath all the
bleued proférsor, Mr. Ables was soon released,
2. Deserved
(Pars min)
Mel M. Neverong gave me 2 check in full gaymene for
some.work which F had-donc for him. The check was iq
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