Braingle: '...The Forest For The Trees' Brain Teaser

...The Forest For The Trees

Puzzle ID:	#24895
Fun:	(3.06)
Difficulty:	(1.92)
Category:	Other
Submitted By:	tamjp
Corrected By:	tintiniscool

In each sentence the name of a tree is hidden. The willow is hiding in the first sentence. Can you find the others?

1. I will owe you a favor if you drive me to the airport.
2. I am afraid of going up in elevators.
3. Drinking cocoa keeps me warm on long winter nights.
4. I hope the map leads us to buried treasure.
5. "Eat another bonbon," said our charming hostess.
6. Nepal may be the most interesting place I have ever visited.
7. Remember to fold the map, please.
8. I feel many lumps in this mattress.
9. Word processing is not as useful as pens and paper for creative brainstorming.

Answer

1. Willow
2. Pine
3. Oak
4. Maple
5. Bonsai
6. Palm
7. Apple
8. Elm
9. Aspen
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Comments

froggygg Jul 27, 2005	Very creative and enjoyable!
smarty_blondy Jul 27, 2005	I guessed the bonsai! YAY!!! great teaser
fezface Jul 27, 2005	i love this teaser!! it is like, so awesome!!!! i didn't guess the bonsai though still an awesome teaser!!!
tamjp Jul 28, 2005	I am glad you liked it. It was inspired by mettalicaman's Hidden Animals. I "wood" love it if someone could help me come up with sentences for spruce and birch. They "stumped" me!
metallicman Jul 28, 2005	great teaser! It took me almost 10 minutes to find them all. Of course, you got the idea from the best! (ME)
beethovenswig Jul 28, 2005	I got all of them except one. Great teaser tamjp
ErIn_RuLeS Jul 28, 2005	very cool!! i loved it! it was kinda hard but i got it!!
toxic_happiness Jul 28, 2005	i had phun w/ this one! muy bien!
Ozymandias Jul 30, 2005	NICE!!
tamjp Aug 01, 2005	Thanks
dddlite Aug 12, 2005	Very good. I missed #5 & #6 . I liked it a lot - very fun
jimmyb Aug 28, 2005	1 True 2 Rise 8 Egads! 3 Egg nog 7 Hand it to me 9 Origami 6 Utah 4 Site map? 5 Eclair
tnewton Aug 28, 2005	This one was one of my favorites because it only took common sense and a few (maybe 3!) minutes to get all the answers. Way to go. However I didn't get bonsai, I guessed herb. Like duh, who ever heard of an herb tree?!
zonahobo Aug 28, 2005	Fun and not too much of a miss-tree for us!! (mystery forest!-ha ha) Thanks Tamip!
Frogtvjr Aug 28, 2005	Very Very Nice!! Got all but 2 Still Loved it
bosox4ever Aug 28, 2005	Missed apple, believe it or not. I saw MAPLE in that one too. I didn't think that you had used it twice but once I saw that, I was stuck on finding another... I LOVE these teasers.
Chakoteya Aug 28, 2005	Bonsai is not a tree - it is a style of growing dwarf trees and shrubs.
mbunap Aug 28, 2005	I usually try to limit the time I spend on word teasers to a minute or less, as if I were taking a timed test. But this one was worth the extra couple to solve. I've found you can save time by assuming that the answer starts at the end of one word and ends at the beginning of another. Fun!
rac76 Aug 28, 2005	This was cute but easy!
pawz73 Aug 28, 2005	Good one. Love these kinds of teasers. Got them all, but worked on #5 the longest. Got "ming", "ghost" (is there a ghost tree?) & then finally came up with "bonzai". Don't care if bonzai is not considered a tree--just thought that a bonzai tree was one that had been bonzai'd, so in that respect, "bonzai" could be a tree.
gotabody Aug 28, 2005	I kno tree-ees Very nice. Twas fun searchin. I got dem EZ.
jesus_1 Aug 28, 2005	this one was cool i got all of them
riddlelover Aug 28, 2005	Cute! I was too impatient to figure it out...Good job!
awesomestone Aug 28, 2005	i got all but one
(user deleted) Aug 28, 2005	That was very nice, I didn't get any!
jcann Aug 28, 2005	This is one of my favorite kinds of brain-teasers. I got them all and I loved it! I've been working on "spruce" and "birch", but I agree, those are difficult.
crazyhobo Aug 28, 2005	Even though i'm not very good at them, i love teasers like this! people need to make more of these!
Arlene Aug 28, 2005	Pretty good only got one though
arielaungst Aug 28, 2005	this is actully one that I understood only got 3 though
renny Aug 28, 2005	that was fun, took a while but I didn't give up till I found them all!!!
tdc_tmc Aug 28, 2005	I liked it! It was pretty good!
tamjp Aug 29, 2005	Thanks for the effort jcann! I am glad you all enjoyed it!
hippieheart Sep 01, 2005	I like these kind of puzzles and enjoyed solving it, but - as several others have noted - bonsai is not the name of a tree but a style of growing trees. Still I really liked solving it
hit_the_sand Sep 02, 2005	Very well thought up...I really enjoyed it!I ov the teasers like this!...Keep em comin FAST!
lauren044-- Sep 02, 2005	loved it! hard for me though... only guessed the oak, maple, palm and apple...
tamjp Sep 08, 2005	(click for a larger image) bonsai juniper tree bon·sai (bn-s, bns, -z) KEY NOUN: pl. bonsai 1. The art of growing dwarfed, ornamentally shaped trees or shrubs in small shallow pots or trays. 2. A tree or shrub grown by this method. ETYMOLOGY: Japanese, potted plant : bon, basin (from Middle Chinese bn) + sai, to plant (from Middle Chinese tsj, tsaj) Hope this helps
metallicman Dec 09, 2005	I was just going through old friends' teasers, and I came across this one. Great job, I remember when you told my mine inspired it. Come back, you've been gone for to long!
tamjp Jan 06, 2006	I am touched that you missed me! Real life got in the way of my Braingle addiction. Sorry for the disappearing act. Glad this one is still giving you all some fun!
Rach_ Aug 28, 2006	Lots of fun, I love these
saucie Aug 28, 2006	that was great even though i missed number 5, oh well cant get them all all the time LOL
temisho Aug 28, 2006	AWESOME!!
learningchinese Aug 28, 2006	As others have said, Bonsai is not a tree. Do better better next time, this was easy, try selecting a non familiar topic, or atleast some obscure "trees" to challenge us.
starnz Aug 28, 2006	Great fun! Love these kind of teasers!
marschie Aug 28, 2006	Fun teaser ...I got MAPLE twice, even though it is not there even once. I saw MAPPLE as MAPLE.
Badger Aug 28, 2006	Very fun. Great job! Thanks!
Badger Aug 28, 2006	PS: Curious as to why "cocoa" wasn't the answer for number 3. As far as I know it's also a tree. Thanks again for a fun one!
bradon182001 Aug 28, 2006	Like someone else in a prvious comment, I was too impatient to try and figure them out. It was more fun to read the answer then go back and find it in the sentence.
IMCUL4E Aug 28, 2006	i never would've thought of bonsai. i was looking for things along the line of cherry,...ash,...etc. but i did get maple, palm, pine, and, of course, willow.
jabdr Aug 28, 2006	This was a great one. I didn't get bonzai, but had fun trying, then ran out of a.m. time.
OldChinaHand Aug 28, 2006	Imurrary-learningchinese, I think you need to 'do better'. As others have said, Bonsai is not a tree. Well here's what the big guns say about Bonsai trees. "...the term bonsai also refers to the plants dwarfed by this method." Encyclopedia information about bonsai. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Bonsai (Japanese: "tray planting") Living dwarf tree or trees; also, the art of training and growing them in containers. Britannica information about bonsai Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1994-2006 Your tree name choices obviously made it a challenging and interesting teaser for real players. Well done.
Amber08071 Aug 28, 2006	Metallicman.......get over yourself I have seen your many comments and I think you're a very ignorant person....people work hard on these teasers, so stop cutting others down.....JERK!!!!
MurfQ Aug 28, 2006	Betel nut and gambir chewing, while popular with some locals, is best avoided by tourists in Malaysia. You're on your own for spruce!
Pizzazz2u Aug 28, 2006	Totally Awesome teaser. It takes some common sense and patience to look for/and find ALL of them. Easy enough for a tease, yet difficult to decide upon an answer Keep up the great work.
Amber08071 Aug 28, 2006	Great teaser...I had trouble with #5 but I got it before I checked the answer....keep them coming......
lmurray Aug 28, 2006	I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE (I THINK) I DON'T LIKE THESE, THEY ARE TOO EASY, NO CHALLENGE AT ALL. BONSAI IS NOT A TREE, IT IS A METHOD OF GROWING/DWARFING THEM.
nu_rob_roy Aug 28, 2006	lmurray, you're all mouth, erroneous and rude as usual. Here a challenge, get a life somewhere...else. BONSAI IS both A TREE and a METHOD. Score: Teaser 1 Teasee 0. Fun and educational teaser, cleverly done.
Badger Aug 28, 2006	Hopefully this won't take anything away from tamip's great teaser. I'll preface this with the comment that "I've been a gentleman up to this point". I figured lmurray would be in "stealth mode" today as "Learning Chinese"... That's just creepy! What I can't figure out (Murray) is why do you persist? Clearly there's a better site out there that best matches your keen intellect (LOL) and sarcastic wit. You clearly "get off" on the attention you receive here (again, that's just creepy). My vote, felllow Brainglers, is that we not give this idiot the time of day. And my hope is that he'll either go away, or that the powers that be will censure him (again), as well as any pseudonyms he likes to hide behind... Sorry for the diatribe, this guy's just weird.
Badger Aug 28, 2006	Holy Betel nuts MurfQ! If no one else will give you credit for that one, I will! Still nothin' for Spruce?
Trishgal Aug 28, 2006	I reall liked it you had to think, I finally got all besides bonsai That one really was one of the easier ones , i guess our minds just weren't on that wavelength. thx for the greateffort that must have took
ItsJustWildman Aug 28, 2006	Very good teaser! And who cares if bonsai is technically a tree or a method of growing a tree, it's still assoicated with TREE! Good Job!
mllee1974 Aug 28, 2006	Badger...I AGREE COMPLETELY!! Obviously this moron (immury) is feeding of the fact that he upsets so many of the people here...everyone boycott him...that should solve the problem! BTW...he is probably some 12 year old kid sitting at home with an encyclopedia and a dictionary in his lap trying to make people feel stupid...go out and play little one...wait, you probably dont have any friends!
unConfuseMe Aug 28, 2006	IMURRAY: GET A LIFE DUDE!!! THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FUN, WHY DON"T YOU GO TO MENSA, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE SUPERIOR THAN MERE BRAINGLE!!
unConfuseMe Aug 28, 2006	IMURRAY: GET A LIFE DUDE!!! THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FUN, WHY DON"T YOU GO TO MENSA, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY MORE SUPERIOR THAN MERE BRAINGLE!!
Wingsfan Aug 28, 2006	I loved this teaser. Very fun. I agree with Badger. I don't get why some of you get so upset about rude comments that are always posted by the same people. It's obvious what's going on there! Also, WTG Murfq! That was awesome!
agentsmith64691 Aug 28, 2006	I got um' all ecept the last one! Diddn't know aspen was a kind of tree but good one
heyman Aug 28, 2006	There's not enough time in life to be negative! This was fun!
saleprice Aug 28, 2006	Yay! This old fart got `em all... makes me feel almost intelligent LOL. Thx for the fun
tdbrsun Aug 28, 2006	This was fun. not too easy not too hard Just right.
Musikman212 Aug 28, 2006	Although I hate to agree with lmurray, the fact is that a bonsai tree would never be found in a forest. Any breed of tree can be grown as a Bonsai tree according to my Japanese friend. I still liked the teaser though. The title was just a wee bit misleading, but who cares. If lmurray didn't like it that's good enough for me to make it one of my favorites.
RRAMMOHAN Aug 28, 2006	Despite all the negative comments, i find this teaser is quite interesting, though fairly easy. Nice work. Keep it up and give us more if you can!
utnative Aug 28, 2006	i got it, i got it i got it!!!! and with out peeking. wasn't sure of bonsai, but it was right. this is a gerat teaser, and i enjoyed doing it wonderful great interesting teaser
Qrystal Aug 30, 2006	That was a good feel-good teaser, kinda on the easy side in my opinion but I guess after reading the comments it's not the case for everyone. Like mbunap, I realized that all the trees start at the end of one word and end at the beginning of the next, and that really did help. If you did want to do something similar but tougher, you could have the trees hiding backwards....!!! But for spruce, why not just go ubereasy and say something like: "I bought myself a bouquet of flowers to spruce up my life." Kudos to MurfQ for coming up with a sentence for birch!!
luvdoritos706 Aug 31, 2006	not bad... i liked it .....5/9 isnt too bad righ???? lol
FeaerFactorY666 Sep 02, 2006	very nice!
tamjp Sep 05, 2006	Wow! Teaser of the day after all this time. I am touched I am glad you all enjoyed it. (Well most of you) I enjoyed making it many moons ago Oh by the way if you read last years comments you would have already seen this but it deserves a good copy and paste! bonsai juniper tree bon·sai (bn-s, bns, -z) KEY NOUN: pl. bonsai 1. The art of growing dwarfed, ornamentally shaped trees or shrubs in small shallow pots or trays. 2. A tree or shrub grown by this method. ETYMOLOGY: Japanese, potted plant : bon, basin (from Middle Chinese bn) + sai, to plant (from Middle Chinese tsj, tsaj) Hope this helps
tamjp Sep 05, 2006	Awesome sentence MufQ and great idea qrystl
doehead Aug 29, 2009	AS I strooled thru the forest,I found all the trees.Shady and cool.
auntiesis Aug 29, 2009	Cool, and not as easy as I expected. I must admit that I didn't get all of them.
patiencewithaP Aug 29, 2009	Fun! Didn't get the bonsai one, though. Thanks!
craniac Aug 29, 2009	Didn't get bonsai, but got ming, though I knew that wasn't the right answer. My mother had a ming tree when I was just a wee child -- it's sort of an artificial bonsai tree. The most extraordinary bonsai I ever saw was a young bonsai redwood once at the San Francisco Flower Show.
Shadows Aug 29, 2009	Got all of them. Cool teaser! I love it!
shannmo Aug 29, 2009	By moving the chairs, Pru centered herself in the room!
avonma Aug 30, 2009	That was fun. I got 'em all! Give us more, please
Babe Aug 30, 2012	I loved this teaser! Of course I love all the ones that I can solve!
cutebug Aug 30, 2012	A lot of fun walking thru the trees. I also found some animals. And a big to GW
Maggiethe8th Aug 30, 2012	...and way to go Shannmo! I missed two of them (got bonzai!)-my eyes were growing weary! Fun-thank you!