Braingle: 'Hidden Time & Again II' Brain Teaser

Hidden Time & Again II

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#17984
Fun:	(3.24)
Difficulty:	(1.71)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	fishmed

Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."

1. Gulliver/Clearness
2. Tragicomedy/Pentagon
3. Chinchilla/Magdalene
4. Terrestrial/Ecoterrorist
5. Thundershower/Intellectual

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jimbo Jun 25, 2004	Nicene/greasy.
fishmed Jun 25, 2004	hehe, Thanks.
nickadeemus Sep 05, 2004	I got them all except for #3...never heard of the answer, but I figured out Dale would be the word in the 2nd half.
nickadeemus Sep 05, 2004	Err, and I meant to add that I really liked it!
doggyxp Jan 13, 2005	Into the favorites, this one.
fishmed Jan 14, 2005	Thanks. There are two others of this type too.
(user deleted) Jan 22, 2005	I like these....Ive read all of em
Sarah5225766 Mar 02, 2005	i missed hill and dale, dont know what that is at ALL! lol!
deadeye823 Apr 30, 2005	i loved #1, but i didnt like this one as much because i never have heard of some of the answers. good one anyway!
darthforman May 24, 2005
froggygg Jun 27, 2005	I realy enjoyed this one and actually managed to get them all despite that fact that it is 2:30 a.m.! I do enjoyed teasers that play with words!
trickster2005 Jul 23, 2005	good job great teasers
soccer_chick70 Jul 23, 2005	here were my very wrong answers: #1: Liver & Ear (thought it had a body part thing going on) #2: Rag & Tag (well they rhymed!) #3: Chip & Dale (the only thing I could think of was that there was some spelling error... gosh I feel stupid) #4: Rest & Terror (hey they're opposites, right?) and I got #5 right... VERY surprised I did so bad, especially considering how well I did on the first one of these! GREAT teaser but maybe I need to get some glasses... either that or a new brain!
libradawn Jul 25, 2005	I do not like these. For some reason, I can never figure them out!!
needlepoint1324 Jul 25, 2005	this was a first one of these ive done and it was fun i enjoyed it
Brainy_1 Jul 25, 2005	Excellent!! I didn't get hills and dales, but i just got up froma nap and my little brain is in the off position again (i hate that) I do like these types of teasers tho!! Good Job!!
bisqueet814 Jul 25, 2005	gr8 teaser I really enjoyed it
ceeyaaa Jul 25, 2005	Clever and Fun
(user deleted) Jul 25, 2005	Very enjoyable. Almost got it but used RAG and TAG for number 2.
me-me Jul 25, 2005	either that all you ppl are really smart or im really dumb because i didnt even get the instructions oh well!
kelly7901a Jul 25, 2005	Yah! I got 4 outta 5. And i only been awake 20 mins.
rac76 Jul 25, 2005	This time I got it!! I enjoyed it! Good Work!
soccer_chick70 Jul 25, 2005	wow! this got featured 2 days after I visited it lol great teaster, once again, and I even found my wrong answers hilarious today as I scrolled down the comments... Great job!
xFLoRiDa_HuNNyX Jul 25, 2005	i got 3 of 'em!!!
thimblenoggin Jul 25, 2005	For some reason these are easy for me bur I enjoy them. Thanks!
pharmgirl27 Jul 25, 2005	Great teaser! Really enjoyed solving it.
bandnerdnproud7 Jul 25, 2005	I thought this one was okay. I've never heard of Hill and Dale before.
angeleyes_7 Jul 25, 2005	I didn't get all of them, but it was still fun! Very clever! Good job!
gotabody Jul 25, 2005	thawt 1 was live&clear like loud&clear ... 2 has 2answrs cus rag&tag cud wrk2 3 got 'dale' but only 'chip' i kno dat goes wit it so it had me stumpd stil dont get it... 4 was as plain as day I loved it.
gotabody Jul 25, 2005	well actually 5 was as plain as day &4 was... wel.. quite fine 2. Real fun 4me
lisha_kc Jul 25, 2005	yey me!!! I didnt give up and I got em!!!! okay not all of them... ...I didnt get hill and dale (thou I noticed hill and I noticed dale ) I thought maybe chip and dale...but there was no "P"... ...but who cares? cuz I'm finally getting good at teasers!!!!!
poison_ivy Jul 25, 2005	man, i missed hill & dale! wow i didn't know that phrase... good teaser. two thumbs up!
yahoomarcus Jul 25, 2005	very easy... also got rag & tag in addition to come & go for #2. I guessed Hill & Dale, but have no idea who they are.
jabdr Jul 25, 2005	This was fun (maybe because I got them all quickly) but quick is a nice change for me! Bring on more.
MTK_90 Jul 25, 2005	I LOVE THESE! EVEN THOUGH I ALWAYS THINK OF THE DUMBEST ANSWER!
cyclergal Jul 25, 2005	very easy!
SummerStorm Jul 25, 2005	I thought I was doing so good... then I read the answers.. lol.. oh well.. this was a good one and I really enjoyed it!
bagogirl Jul 25, 2005	wow that was really hard i didn't get any right, of course, i may just be too young
tamjp Jul 26, 2005	I also got rag & tag like soccer and yahoo Super clever as always Papa Fish! I can't believe I haven't seen the others like this yet I will go to find them now Thanks again
riddlelover Jul 27, 2005	Im sure this is a very clever riddle, but i (stupid me) cant figure it out! sorry...
tigershelton Aug 31, 2005	Fun!
realm2346 Oct 30, 2005	Here were my answers: 1.Live & Learn 2.Rag & Tag(smack) 3.Hill and Dale 4.Trial & Error 5.Show & Tell It took a while to get #3, and then when I saw the word "hill", I thought of a song I learned in fifth grade(and I just graduated last year). The song goes... Over hill, Over dale, as we march the dusty trail, as the cannons go marching along."(that's how it begins, anyway, and I could go go through the whole song now that I remember it). ....and in all fairness to soccer chick ,I did the same thing on a very different language teaser, but the words were still hidden(but in sentences). I was like ..#1 could also be Rice ,cream, kale...#2 could also be .....Well, you get the idea. For anyone who doesn't know, k-a-l-e is a cabbagelike vegetable which is often used as a garnish(although it is edibible, I don't recommend trying it.....I am speaking from experience here). P.S.- I still haven't looked up c-a-l-e yet. Anyway, I did the first teaser, and I got all of them right. I really like these teasers. Also, in all fairness to soccer chick, at least those words were also found within the phrases, much like my mistakes in the other teaser. If it's there, it might just be valid(just a philosophy). . Loved it!!!!
realm2346 Oct 30, 2005	...except for #3, but it's pretty hard if you've never heard of the words......I don't know why I thought #2 was Rag & Tag, because none of the other answers rhyme.....Think I've been looking at too many rebuses and riddles lately...Just kidding...I LOVE riddles.
kashby May 24, 2006	good, almost all of your teasers are great!!
GebbieRose Jul 25, 2006	Now that was easy but fun!
lmurray Jul 25, 2006	TOO EASY!!!
Trishgal Jul 25, 2006	Got em all... liked that , and it was entertaining listening to everyones comments luv u all.
bluehawk Jul 25, 2006	Darn I missed # 4. Fun and enjoyable.
utnative Jul 25, 2006	great teaser i like these teasers i can at least get some of them i got all but #4 i had rest and cot. i must be alot older that some of you because i know what they all are. i fell really stupid for missing #4. great, wonderful,and fun teaser.
marschie Jul 25, 2006	I thought I got them all AND found a mistake: for 2 I had "come and gone" and THERE IS NO 'E' AT THE END OF PENTAGONE! Silly me, the phrase is come and go!
starnz Jul 25, 2006	Really enjoy these! Thanks! Keep 'em coming!
Badger Jul 25, 2006	Easy & Fun. Interesting, though, I can whip through the answers quickly but when I'm done I wouldn't be able to tell you a single one of the original words! I never "saw" them. Like one of those pictures where you relax your eyes and the hidden picture just appears. Kinda cool. Also looks like a little bit of generation gap on some of the phrases. My kids couldn't get "rough & tumble" on your last teaser. Never heard of it! "Hill & dale" this time. So, kids, don't feel bad bad if you missed those. Just means you're not an old dude like me! Sorry I went long... Great teaser... Keep 'em comin'!
feste Jul 25, 2006	Took me about two minutes to work this one out. I guess being a geezer helps.
FeaerFactorY666 Jul 25, 2006	Nice!
shawneeo Jul 25, 2006	I got em all, I got em all!!! yayyyy!!! Dont kids learn those corny American folksongs anymore, in elementary school? The person above was right about the "hill and dale" song, but they got the lyrics different, or wrong, than I learned them. Over hill, over dale We will hit The dusty trail! As those cations(sp?) Keep rolling along. For its "Hi Hi Hee" On the field artillery, Call out Your numbers loud and strong! And wherever we go You will always know That those cashuns, Are rolling along! Yes, those cayshuns Keep rolling along! I forget what "cayshuns" are, but Im pretty sure thats the right word, altho Im sure the sp. is wrong. But, the "Hill and Dale" is what's important here, I'm just overdoing it because I actually remember something! Good teaser, thanks!
Qrystal Jul 25, 2006	I think we shouldn't be beating ourselves up for choosing "Rag & Tag" for #2, because it IS a legit pair of words that can be joined with an '&'. When I saw them, I stopped looking, as I'm sure many of the rest of you did. "Come & Go" is good though too... Can the puzzle be modified to include the user-found alternate answers? ;)
shawneeo Jul 25, 2006	OK, I shoulda looked it up first, coz I got as much wrong as the other person! Sorry if u dont care, but heres the whole song, "the Cassion Song" Over hill, over dale As we hit the dusty trail, And those caissons go rolling along. In and out, hear them shout, Counter march and right about, And those caissons go rolling along. Refrain: Then it's hi! hi! hee! In the field artillery, Shout out your numbers loud and strong, For where e'er you go, You will always know That those caissons go rolling along. In the storm, in the night, Action left or action right See those caissons go rolling along Limber front, limber rear, Prepare to mount your cannoneer And those caissons go rolling along. Refrain: Was it high, was it low, Where the hell did that one go? As those caissons go rolling along Was it left, was it right, Now we won't get home tonight And those caissons go rolling along. Refrain caissons are either things that caskets are carried on, like a wagon type deal, or a wagon kinda thing that pulls a cannon or other big guns. Hill is a hill, and "Dale" is a valley.
bradon182001 Jul 25, 2006	This was fun. I'd like to see more of these.
coachpisco Jul 25, 2006	A caisson, is pulled behind the wagon that pulls the cannon. It has the powder, tools and cannon balls inside it. Very good teaser. I enjoyed it.
RRAMMOHAN Jul 25, 2006	Pretty clever, nice and quite easy!
locutus13ds Jul 25, 2006	Good one, I only got numbe 3 wrong, I thought it was chill and ale! shows you where my mind is at..
destinysmom Jul 25, 2006	This a great teaser fish!! The sad part is that I am ancient enough to know all of them and only got 2 right. I also stopped at rag & tag
iteachkids Jul 25, 2006	LTSA Fun!
speedqueenkmw Jul 25, 2006	absolutely love these! Probably cuz I can get them
thirtysixbelow Jul 25, 2006	1. live and learn 2. rag and tag 3. chill and dale??? 4. trial and error 5. show and tell was having a little trouble until i realized they were not anagrams and that the words were not scrambled.
rhmaustin Jul 25, 2006	The comments are very amusing today. Glad we got the Caisson Song business straightened out.
Neek Jul 25, 2006	I got them all but #4 too. Thanks to those who gave the explanation. I learned something!
qqqq Jul 25, 2006	That was great fun!
Nellem Jul 25, 2006	nice and easy
c_rae Jul 25, 2006	This was great! Very clever! I will go look for your other ones; this is definitely one of my faves! Do you ever have anything nice to say Imurray? You know there is an old saying about that...If you don't have anything good to say, well, I'm sure you know the rest!
unConfuseMe Jul 25, 2006	My Comment: everyone/funky (very fun)
luvdoritos706 Jul 25, 2006	not bad...cant believe i didnt get come and go
tkubitz Jul 25, 2006	Both these and the last ones were too easy. Took about 90 secs and 1 min respectively. tk
scallio Jul 25, 2006	These teasers are a bit too easy. I got the same answers as FishMed. Gotta say I enjoyed the song lyrics though. Have heard the song, but didn't really know the lyrics so I sang a hearty round!
POPS Jul 25, 2006	Great teaser,only missed on NO3, Thought it might be Chip and Dale That was fun ,Goes in my fabs, thank you
syracuse945 Jul 25, 2006	haha, nys... very clever... i, 2, thot 1 of m was "chip & dale"... i 4got about shakespeare... o well... def 1 of my faves...
jcann Jul 25, 2006	I got them all again--not quite as quickly as I did with the last one. But I really, really like these. It makes me feel good to exercise my brain without having to give up in the end.
Musikman212 Jul 25, 2006	The instructions said ,"Two word that form a commonn phrase, with & between them." Rag & tag is not a common phrase. Rag tag is, but it doesn't have the & between. In short, all you people who think that was a good alternate answer are wrong. Sorry. GREAT TEASER. Why people can't just accept that they didn't get an answer, is beyond me.
patm Jul 25, 2006	thanks these were easy To those who do not know what a "dale" is, try adding crossword puzzles to your brain teasers--it is frequently an answer to "clearing in a valley", along with vale, dell, and glen.
somnambulist Jul 25, 2006	I loved this teaser, I got all of them but #3. I got dale, and I know what it is...for sure, I think this particular teaser reveals a generational gap....I've never heard this "over hill, over dale" song...but I confess a little disappointment at discovering Dale's companion in this teaser was not Chip....
vlerma Jul 26, 2006	Great as usual! Fun, fun fun. Now Americans, I may be wrong but I believe the "Cassions Go Rolling Along" song is the fight song of one of our armed forces. You guys, Sgt Ammo, Fishmed, someone tell me I'm right?
Badger Jul 26, 2006	vlerma: official song of the US Army
FulanitoGM Jul 26, 2006	"Show and tell! It's just a game I play, When I wanna say... Oh, I love you!!!" That's the jam right there! Al Wilson, you're a genius...
nerdyiscool May 11, 2007	Harder than the first, but still amazing! Keep 'em coming, fishmed! Please?
FutureMD Jul 02, 2007	I would really like more brain teasers like these. They are so much fun!
Psychic_Master Dec 11, 2008	Great as usual fishmed. You should do more like these.
doehead Jul 25, 2009	Way too easy, but great for the kids.
avonma Jul 25, 2009	I really enjoyed this teaser. Thanks! It was easy for me. My grandfather used to sing it when we was working.
avonma Jul 25, 2009	...when HE was working.
JLP1 Jul 28, 2009	I love these, thank you!
Babe Jul 25, 2012	Another good one! I thought they were easy, but I am older than all of you and that is the reason I know them all. They are oldies, but goodies, and for all, of you singing the hill and dale song here is a bit of information. During World War Two the song was sung by soldiers serving in the military. I think it was the Army's song. You are welcome!!!
quads84 Jul 25, 2012	Looking through the comments, I felt a lot better about getting rag & tag for #2. Got all the others right, though! However, not without some difficulty. I found "inch" in #3, "rest" in #4, & "under" in #5 and looked for something that went with it. When I couldn't find anything but suddenly found a word in the second word, I had to go back to the first word to find the pair. I'm also surprised at how many people don't know hill & dale (and think that they're people). They're types of landscape. I guess we all have our weaknesses.
gaylewolf Jul 25, 2012	Good teaser. I got them all and loved the comments! Thanks!
gaylewolf Jul 25, 2012	That BLUSH should be a wink!
iggy39 Jul 25, 2012	fun but really easy, enjoyed it.
giuseppemccarth Jul 25, 2012	Fun One! If you didn't have to add '&' then #2 could also be "Rag-Tag"
JQPublic Jul 25, 2012	Only 1/5.