Braingle: 'Off With Their Heads!' Brain Teaser

Off With Their Heads!

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

Puzzle ID:	#47005
Fun:	(3.25)
Difficulty:	(1.34)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	MarcM1098

It's time to get back at the Queen of Hearts by beheading words that start with "Qu". In this case, you remove the first TWO letters and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: British pound -> Part of the psyche
Answer: The words are Quid and Id.

1. Stop doing -> That thing
2. Peculiar behaviour -> Annoy
3. Subatomic particle -> Large boat
4. Unit of liquid measure -> Product of creativity
5. Small game bird -> To be unwell
6. Large feather; pen -> Unwell; faulty
7. Nausea; uncomfortable -> Simple
8. Misgivings; scruples -> Donations to the poor

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Answer

1. Quit -> It
2. Quirk -> Irk
3. Quark -> Ark
4. Quart -> Art
5. Quail -> Ail
6. Quill -> Ill
7. Queasy -> Easy
8. Qualms -> Alms
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Comments

ScreaminSushi May 13, 2010	lolllzz
mathisnice Jun 13, 2010	Excellent teaser, and a very nice twist on the "Beheads". Loved it!
bradon182001 Jun 13, 2010	For some reason I found this hard. Kept me busy for a while and that is a good thing. Thanks for posting.
doehead Jun 13, 2010	Interesting and easy.
bestgirl Jun 13, 2010	kinda fun.
auntiesis Jun 13, 2010	Very easy, I only had a little trouble with # 8, but by working backwards I got that one too. Fun one.
crazy10man Jun 13, 2010	Not too hard, not too easy . . . just right!
patiencewithaP Jun 13, 2010	Fun! Needed the hint for quark/ark...great teaser!
craniac Jun 13, 2010	About half easy, I thought, half more difficult.
FatHead Jun 14, 2010	Too easy. Ah, but I loved it!
bear01 Jun 15, 2010	ahh.. fun times
hubbamutt777 Jun 17, 2010	funny funny funny. . . . . got all of 'em but #8. Had a little help from 'thesaurus.com' for quark, but it was really more fun than i thought. Great job.
Obilio May 02, 2013	Thanks! BTW, can I BRING ALE while I play?
Babe Jun 13, 2013	When I finally figured out what I was supposed to do, I got them all, but 1/2 of number 3. Good one!
jaycr Jun 13, 2013	Fun and easy.
gaylewolf Jun 13, 2013	A few weren't easy for me, but fun - thanks for posting!
HABS2933 Jun 13, 2013	Loved the fact you had Quirks and Quarks one after the other. It amused me.
Maggiethe8th Jun 13, 2013	missed two , but had fun! thanks!
thecatladycac Jun 17, 2013	Got them all fairly quickly this time. (Could have used "Quick" and "Ick" - that just came to me). I enjoy these very much, even though I occasionally find them easy!