How Many Campers?

Camp Pineveiw's cook, Margaret Johnson, was just about to begin preparing the picnic lunch for all the campers. She already knew she needed to fill 55 bowls of the same size and capacity with the same amount of food. When she was done, she decided to read the guidelines for the picnic, just out of curiosity. The guidelines said:

1. Every camper gets their own bowl of soup.
2. Every two campers will get one bowl of spaghetti to share.
3. Every three campers will get one bowl of salad to share.
4. All campers are required to have their own helping of salad, spaghetti, and soup.

After some rapid calculations, Margaret was able to figure out how many campers were going to the picnic. Can you?


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People Boat

When I was walking across a bridge, I saw a boat crowded with people. But there wasn't a single person on the boat. How could this be?


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Different Spacing 3

Based on the following clues can you make 2 phrases with the same letters in the same order, but with different spacing? (Example: Abcde Fg + Abc Defg)

1. Precipitating fish archery + Multi-color sea life
2. God of love took charge + Small container did nothing
3. Irrational number of tranquility + Master of tubes
4. Not heavy & not large + Shopping center of bulbs


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A Roaring Call

I run forever,
With a roaring call.
Yet I have no throat,
Or any legs at all.

Rock wears away,
Whilst I grow.
You try to race me,
And receive a blow.

What am I?


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Five Friends

Five friends are all pilots: Mr. Johnson, Mr. Bruckner, Dr. Thompson, Mr. Landis, and Lord Christopher. Each pilot has one daughter but named his plane after a friend's daughter. Mr. Landis's plane is the Carla Jean; Dr. Thompson's, the Rene. Elizabeth Johnson's father owns the Lindsey Kay. Mr. Bruckner owns the Mary Lynn, which is named after Mr. Landis's daughter. Carla's father used Lord Christopher's daughter's name for his plane. Who is Lindsey Kay's father?


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Which Noun?

Which noun, from group B, belongs in group A?
Why?

Group A

Man,
Foot,
Child,
Tooth,
Mouse.

Group B

Girl,
Hand,
Adult,
Toe,
Goose.


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Filtered Lens

My first, by means of reflection meets your eyes
My second means no image is recognized
My whole means a grayscale world is normalized

What am I?


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Jumbled Anagrams

The following three (3) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck!

1. hanging cloth used as a blind.
2. a strong English ale.
3. destined or inevitable.

Jumbled anagrams:
1. nice rat
2. car unit
3. rub not


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There are a large number of people at a party. As there naturally are a lot of people who haven't met each other before, numerous handshakes occur. Assume that each individual handshake occurs between exactly two people.

Are there an even or odd number of people at the party who shook hands with an odd number of people?


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You clap when you see me.
I'm smaller than you.
I make your skin itchy.
And animals' too.


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What phrase is represented by the following?

SHOT
PRESS
becomes:
S
PRESS


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The following are clues for pairs of common abbreviations, each with the same number of letters, which differ by one letter. Try to use these clues to determine the abbreviations.

Example: type of investment / Internet file type
Answer: GIC / GIF - Guaranteed Investment Certificate / Graphic Interchange Format


1. undetermined / "hoops and dreams" organization
2. national security / nowhere to be found
3. constructing letters from an image / condition involving needless repetition
4. aviation oversight / car help


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Complete the sentences below so that they make sense, by filling in the blanks of each sentence with two words which are anagrams of each other.

For example, given the sentence:

"Rachel originally planned to buy an apple, but found a bargain and bought a _____ instead, because it was fresh and _____.",

the two words would be "peach" and "cheap" respectively.


1. After thanking my _____ spouse for the book given to me as a birthday gift, I said, "It will be a great pleasure to _____ this."

2. I took a _____ at the slope of the hill and realized the _____ involved in attempting to climb down it was too great.

3. Following the paper _____ of evidence ultimately led to a guilty verdict in the _____.

4. I wanted to _____ out of the room, as your nephew was being a _____.


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My first has a message to convey
My second, tranquility does fray
My whole causes financial dismay

What am I?


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Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. hear, boa, martin, bur, trip
2. ban, pint, far, breath, dome
3. star, condo, sag, skim, ____


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Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. bust, flat, cost, meal, road
2. mice, stop, seen, stir, nova
3. moor, chap, best, create, ____


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Beware of Reptile

My first is a reptile to beware
My second is sometimes used to stare
I'm one combo for a cubic pair

What am I?


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Deductions

In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once.

TEMPORARY

_ N _ M _ R _

_ O _ O _

_ I _


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An Egg

A science teacher told his after school class, "Whoever can get this egg into this smaller glass bottle will win no homework for a week! The rules are: the egg has to go into the bottle in one piece, and you can't break the bottle. You can also use anything in the science lab. So, do we have any volunteers?"

A boy raised his hand and the teacher pointed at him. The boy took the egg and looked around the science lab for the things he could use. He saw some writing paper, a pack of matches, some vinegar, a sink, and the glass bottle. By the end of the after school class, the boy had gotten the egg into the smaller bottle.

How did he do it?


Note that, without doing anything to the egg, the egg can't fit into the bottle.


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What You Need

What, when you need it you throw it away,
but when you don't need it you take it back?


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