Braingle: 'CAT' Brain Teaser

CAT

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Puzzle ID:	#24383
Fun:	(3.11)
Difficulty:	(1.73)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	aznboi1324

For each of the following clues, what is a synonym that contains the letters CAT?

1.Baseball position
2.Copy
3.What you get with a doctor's prescription
4.Underground cemetery
5.Time off from school or work
6.Ten-event contest
7.Disaster
8.Mimic
9.Cows
10.Teacher

Answer

1.(cat)cher
2.dupli(cat)e
3.medi(cat)ion
4.(cat)acomb
5.va(cat)ion
6.de(cat)hlon
7.(cat)astrophe
8.copy(cat)
9.(cat)tle
10.edu(cat)or
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Comments

stargal305 Jul 09, 2005	Fun!!
aznboi1324 Jul 10, 2005	2 mean comments on the same teaser!
drussel3 Jul 10, 2005	Nice One, Ignore those 2 offensive comments.
SaturnCat08 Jul 24, 2005	Yeah this One was Great!
aznboi1324 Jul 24, 2005	thx
Sunrose Sep 11, 2005	Good Job, I enjoyed this one
smarty_blondy Oct 02, 2005	Good job on this one, got me at the first and forth. Keep them coming.
redraptor50 Oct 07, 2005	Well I liked it, even though it stumped me...keep them coming, a brain needs a good work out
bluehawk Oct 07, 2005	you can't get away with those CATS!I thought it was excellent!! Keep them coming. Thanx
sparkydotcom Oct 07, 2005	you had me on 4 & 6, a really good & fun one - thanks!!!
speediebean Oct 07, 2005	I just love exercising my brain like this so early in the morning when I haven't had my coffee yet! Ten gold stars!!
PENANDINK Oct 07, 2005	Nice Thinking. Your teaser is awesome!!!
markmonnin Oct 07, 2005	Great! I got them ALL!
kpasd Oct 07, 2005	i couldnt figure it out at first and i was also but it was but i am still
kpasd Oct 07, 2005
edgwood Oct 07, 2005	great fun teaser but i didn't get them all
quantumpbrane Oct 07, 2005	good ones. i only got a few....
kimberlykay Oct 07, 2005	I didn't get them all, but I sure had fun trying!!!
neomajic Oct 07, 2005	Great teaser! I only missed the medication one.
jessjspieks Oct 07, 2005	i actually go all the answers....yippeee
trickytrix69 Oct 07, 2005	it got me on a couple, but it was fun trying to get them all right!
jimmyb Oct 07, 2005	Any of you cats got a light?
fairynik Oct 07, 2005	perty good'in
davidje Oct 07, 2005	You may want to specify that the letters CAT must be in order and sequencial. For example, "copy" could be to "trace", which does contain the letters "C", "A" and "T" - just not in order or next to each other...
srichardson1066 Oct 07, 2005	Good use of language. I was able to get most of them, but missed a few. Well done!
sequoia-mom Oct 07, 2005	I like these kinds of teasers. Good job!
foreverfree Oct 07, 2005	Well that was pretty cool. i only got 1,4, and 7 though that was a great teaser, and no offense, but i just like the ones that you have to figure out, like riddles. i think theres a conspiracy to overthrow those with this kind! i dont know if im the only one or not...
johnnydeppfan Oct 07, 2005	I don't see any mean comments. anyway, that was a fun riddle thing!
lindquist_25 Oct 07, 2005	Cute
Confooseled Oct 07, 2005	that was pretty neat... i got all but 2 or 3 of them
jabdr Oct 07, 2005	Great one! I think I'm the only one not to get #8...loved it.
bob_the_mang_o Oct 07, 2005	Yeah, specification that the letter need to be in order would be good, but great job!
smilingpatience Oct 07, 2005	Cute, I have to appreciate this just because I adore kitties . Good job
thimblenoggin Oct 07, 2005	Now I wonder what the rude comments were. How could anyone say anything nasty about this harmless teaser?
deviant Oct 07, 2005	fun teaser! good work
BrenBeadSP Oct 07, 2005	I truly enjoyed it - thanks for the fun.
teshka Oct 08, 2005	This one was a lot of fun Thanks. keep them coming. If someone is mean about it Well let them be they might have had abad day. this teaser wasnt it though.
gotabody Oct 08, 2005	dis was gud. I got most of em
Haylie1506 Oct 10, 2005	wow...I only got 3... ...I feel dumb...
brainster Nov 07, 2005	Very nicely done! This one goes to my favourites!
Grey-Version2 Mar 16, 2006	A very good teaser! well done
scallio Oct 07, 2006	Great teaser... although I did miss DECATHLON and EDUCATOR!
matthewmurch Oct 07, 2006	#8 could also be replicate, and #10 could also be catechist. Good job.
lmurray Oct 07, 2006	SORRY (I THINK) I MISSED THE BAD COMMENTS, THEY MAY HAVE SUPPORTED MINE. THIS WAS VERY CHILD-LIKE, IT ONLY A FEW SECONDS AND I THINK MOST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD ANSWER THIS QUITE EASILY. LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE. I APPRECIATE TRYING, BUT RESULTS WOULD BE SATISFYING
lmurray Oct 07, 2006	WHAT IS A MEAN COMMENT? ONE INTENDED TO HURT SOMEONE AN HONEST NEGATIVE OPINION AS TO THE QUALITY OF A TEASER SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED MEAN. GET SOME THICKER SKIN
coachpisco Oct 07, 2006	Teasers don't have to be difficult to be enjoyed. IMURRAY, you need to get a more positive attitude in life. Yours must be miserable. Never mind telling people that they need a thicker skin.
OldChinaHand Oct 07, 2006	Imurray, Bringles' little 'nat'...no more, no less. On the other this teaser stirred up a few brain cell and a few goans, I'm sure. Good one.
OldChinaHand Oct 07, 2006	Sorry...I met 'groans' as in you got me or 'Ah...of course' while reading the answer.
(user deleted) Oct 07, 2006	CATs and CATtle have a battle.
Badger Oct 07, 2006	Good Saturday morning wake up! Thanks for submitting.
marschie Oct 07, 2006	Starting the day with a teaser is CATching on with Brainglers (or are we Brainglists?).
Scitchr Oct 07, 2006	If you CATch a look at the wiki, you'll see that aznboi1324 is...a middle schooler! Nice work.
bradon182001 Oct 07, 2006	OK Imurry, you want to step up the pace? Let's see a teaser submitted by you. Meanwhile, let us all enjoy the ones others have taken the time and effort to submit. I thought this one was easy, but I still didn't get all of them correctly. Next time. Thanks for submitting.
jr_whiz Oct 07, 2006	Awesome! I also love lil kitty cats! lol. Nice one tho!
djtalckerb Oct 07, 2006	Hang in there, Imurray! I'm sure there will be a teaser to test your talents soon! BUT for those of us who enjoyed this one, well....let us. and continue with your assessments to improve the content. Probably will be someting for everyone. I enjoyed this one!
iteachkids Oct 07, 2006	Though I got most of them quite quickly, I find it ironic that I couldn't get "educator." Okay, maybe if I'd spent more time ... but this was FUN! I don't need to wrack my brain to have a good time. lmurray, you said, "LET TRY TO STEP UP THE PACE." Please start with yourself. Use upper and lower case letters. Spell correctly. Write and submit a teaser or two of your own.
nu_rob_roy Oct 07, 2006	Good teaser, but I'm still groaning over medi(cat)ion, and as much as I take. Thanks for submitting it. Is it me, my server, or just because I am on different continent but I can't find any Imurray teaser my Braingle site. Has he every contributed anything positive?
schmedley9 Oct 07, 2006	I thought that one wa spretty lame. Oh and number 8 could be replicate. But nice job. But I prefer the harder ones. Thanks and keep the teasers comin!!! From yo mama
Trishgal Oct 07, 2006	Good one . I found it very interesting and I learned a few new things. . Keep them coming. Thx.
labsmith Oct 07, 2006	A delightful teaser to wake up to. Thank you aznboi. Keep um comin!
aznboi1324 Oct 07, 2006	Yay first time my teaser is teser of the day
Pizzazz2u Oct 07, 2006	Once again, kids, relax. This is only a comment section. I didn't have any difficulty with this one. The answers came, quickly. But, it is a reasonably good teaser. I have only been a member since June, but I will still give an honest opinion of the teasers. I just will not rate the toughness, because there are different levels of intelligence in this community. To me, I have just run into too many repeats. That could be because I will visit other sites and enjoy their teasers, too. Keep up the good work. Remember, a Comment Section! Good, Bad, etc.
tmking Oct 07, 2006	intersting puzzle very fun
FeaerFactorY666 Oct 07, 2006	nice!
kcelf27 Oct 07, 2006	FIRST off.. comments can be CONSTRUCTIVE.. and not always so negative. Yeah.. it was kinda easy.. I didn't get them all, but I didn't think very long either.. been a long day. AND.. getting a teaser actually APROVED is a feat in it's self!... GRATS! PLUS, some ppl that enjoy this site are not always adults and that may have been a bit tougher than for the rest of us. Good teaser regardless and obviously you can't please everyone all the time and there are more positive comments than negitive ones so that is a WIN for the BOOKS!
tdbrsun Oct 08, 2006	I like this one. And, I didn't get them all. (( Also, I am past middle school. ))) We all see things different. This is the kind I like to see once in awhile . Keep up the good work.
vlerma Oct 09, 2006	Very nice job. Some of the comments were less than constructive, but you must consider the source on the nay sayers. We have all tried to be nice, kind, loving, etc. but for a certain Braingler it just does not sink in! Too Bad! Sorry to take up your coment time on anything except your teaser. I thought it was easy, but creative. More please.
OhEmGee Oct 11, 2006	dear imurray, uhm yea i happen to be a middle school student but that does not make me "child like" i strongly disagree with your comment!!! negativity is "childlike" to me so... I LOVED THIS TEASER!!
Qrystal Nov 08, 2006	That was fun, even though I had to give up on #2 and #10, and I had cariCATure for #8 (with a little question mark, since I wasn't confident of that answer). I agree with the person who said they groaned when they read some of the right answers. I felt like I was on the gameshow "Family Feud", reading the unguessed answers out loud with the audience. You know what I mean? Good teaser. CATch ya later!
(user deleted) Jun 27, 2009	i like this..it was fun... good job!
dalfamnest Oct 07, 2009	I enjoyed this. Thanks! The only one I missed was edu or - maybe because I'm a teacher. (And I missed 'music' in yesterday's riddle but I'm a musician ... sigh!) But q1 is not quite right - 'catcher' is not a synonym for 'baseball position.' This is a little pedantic, perhaps, but worth remembering as it can be important to have accurate instructions.
MajorAlan Oct 07, 2009	dalfamnest, the last time I played baseball there were nine positions on the team, the 3 bases, shortstop, the 3 fielders, the pitcher and the CATcher. Now granted it's been over 50 years since I played ball, but my grandkids talk about the same 9 positions. How can you say catcher isn't a position?
dalfamnest Oct 07, 2009	Yes, even as a Kiwi I know where the catcher crouches! A synonym, however, is a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning, so that it could be substituted. Can you think of a sentence where either of these would fit? - there are nine 'baseball positions' [= catchers?] - the ball flew through to the 'catcher' [= baseball position?] My understanding is that instructions in teasers need to be precise and indeed some solutions hinge on correctly interpreting them. These are not synonyms. This is not a serious criticism - I enjoyed the teaser.
elentir Oct 07, 2009	I would have to back up dalfamnest on question one. Catcher is not a synonym for baseball position. But, seeing as I got it and I can not think of anything else that works better, I can overlook it. Fun quiz!
doehead Oct 07, 2009	YAWN
avonma Oct 07, 2009	I only missed a couple - mostly because I just ran out of time. In baseball, when they name all the players on the field, the man behind home plate is called the catcher. I think they use it as a position AND a person. Just my thoughts... I really injoyed this teaser. I do get tired of the "pickiness" "pickyness" whatever, of some players. This is a game - do we have some perfectionists, here??? Just loosen up and have fun. Thanks for the teaser!
phyllisa Oct 07, 2009	I liked this teaser and I think catcher is a baseball position.
UptheHill Oct 07, 2009	Good one!!!
UptheHill Oct 07, 2009	Good one!!!
mikidoll Oct 07, 2009	I agree with damfalnest. Using the word synonym in the instructions didn't seem right for the clues that were a group of words. Still... a cute teaser.
auntiesis Oct 07, 2009	I enjoyed it, only one I missed was copy cat. Groan..... Very good teaser, easy but fun.
Jimmymo Oct 07, 2009	9/10 Could not for the life of me come up with catacomb!!! Knew the word, just had a brain freeze!!
leroyleroy Oct 07, 2009	SPEAKING OF CATS--I LIKE CATS. YES I LIKE THEM MEDIUM RARE.
hubbamutt777 Oct 07, 2009	Haley1506- my name is hailee too an i got only 1 of them, so u aren't dumb at all! and doehead, you need to shut your trap about being bored with this teaser! i have a headache, and i was going to get some medicine, but i started reading this and i forgot to go get some because it was so good!
Babe Oct 07, 2012	What a fun teaser! It was not all that hard and as I have said many times before I like ones that can be figured out pretty easily. The people in 2009 and back farther sure were grumpy! Thanks cute bug for your comment to me last night. Glad you agree, but sadly those people will probably never see it.