Braingle: 'Double-Nitions II' Brain Teaser

Double-Nitions II

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Puzzle ID:	#27856
Fun:	(3.1)
Difficulty:	(1.42)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	peppamintp

Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are 13 pairs of definitions; both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the word will spell out the name of the first person who invented the first modern pinball machine.

1. Small quantity of water or let fall
2. Airplane parking area or kitchen garment
3. Empty space or rug cleaning machine
4. Significance or ship in foreign merchandise
5. Boat's floor or pack of cards
6. Some eyewear or drinking vessels
7. Mountain scenery stop or fail to notice
8. Bank employee or narrator
9. Screw groove or sewing cord
10. Portion of a trip or table support
11. Creamy color or tusk material
12. Divisible by two or balanced
13. Young Girl Scout or chocolate dessert

Answer

David Gottlieb

1. Drop
2. Apron
3. Vacuum
4. Import
5. Deck
6. Glasses
7. Overlook
8. Teller
9. Thread
10. Leg
11. Ivory
12. Even
13. Brownie
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Comments

Brainy_1 Jan 03, 2006	This was a lot of fun!! Nice job! I really liked this!
mr_brainiac Jan 03, 2006	Interesting little quiz. Had to think about #7 for awhile.
cosby_36 Jan 03, 2006	i thought this one was retarded
luckybrown Jan 03, 2006	Much fun. I also got hung up on seven. Good job!
BirdmanBen Jan 03, 2006	I thought this one was good--until I realized it came from a puzzle magazine I was working on last week. I don't know if these have to be original or not, but it sure wrecked it for me when this one wasn't.
WJSMama Jan 03, 2006	I missed number seven. This was a fun puzzle to work out.
schatzy228 Jan 04, 2006	knowing Gottlieb made it too easy, but it was still fun
Barticus Dec 14, 2008	When I saw pinball, my first thought was Bally, but that's not a person, that's short for Ballyhoo, the name of an early machine. So then I thought Gotlieb. I didn't know his first name, but I figured it was Gotlieb. I probably would halve gotten all the pairs without the acrostic help.
doehead Dec 14, 2008	Interesting and pretty easy.
boodler Dec 14, 2008	So - who was the SECOND person to invent the first modern pinball machine?
bradon182001 Dec 14, 2008	I liked this one. It was easy, but did take some thought. Thanks for posting.
auntiesis Dec 14, 2008	Ditto Bradon. Very enjoyable.
Commodity Dec 14, 2008	DAMN I REALLY ENJOYED THIS LOL
here2 Dec 14, 2008	This really was fun.
composer Dec 14, 2008	Best teaser in about two weeks.
wordmama Dec 14, 2008	I had gotten all the words except for 7. When I wrote them out and saw the name, the missing letter 'o' led me to overlook, the missing answer. I love this kind of puzzle, as you can tell by my handle; thanks for posting!!
precious1026 Dec 14, 2008	Excellent Teaser. I enjoyed the Comfort intellectual level of this teaser. I did not get an A nor B, but when I see Teasers like this, I am not afraid of playing. Good Work, well written and thought out.
precious1026 Dec 14, 2008	Birdman said this Teaser was NOT an original; he said he'd seen this s ame teaser in a mag he read. I thought Teasers had to be originals or at least an attempted original. Oh, Well, still a good teaser, well written and well infinged work
eggface Dec 14, 2008	Really great!!! I didn't get all of them, but I got most of them!
RRAMMOHAN Dec 16, 2008	Couldn't get three of these - very bad performance from me. An interesting puzzle.
avonma Dec 20, 2008	Easy, but fun. Thanks!
gaylewolf Dec 14, 2011	I liked this teaser. Wasn't difficult, but it was fun and challenging@ Thanks!
JQPublic Dec 14, 2011	I only got about half of these. I didn't know that 'overlook' can refer to the view or that 'leg' can refer to a portion of a trip. I learnt something new!
HABS2933 Dec 14, 2011	Overlook escaped me for some reason, when I saw the answer it was "D'oh, of course" felt pretty dumb. I didn't know who invented the pin ball machine, but was able to work out the "O" in the same way as an above poster , in that it was the only letter that made sense, not that it helped any.
cutebug Dec 14, 2011	I thought this was pretty easy, although I enjoyed it.
Babe Dec 14, 2011	I like this kind! Makes you use the old noggin while still having fun!
Mandy7 Dec 14, 2011	didnt lik this one very much. but not bad thinking
auntiesis Dec 15, 2011	I really enjoyed this one even though it was easy.