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Off With Their Heads!
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
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
Hint
The shorter words start with these letters:1. I
2. I
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. I
7. E
8. A
Answer
1. Quit -> It2. Quirk -> Irk
3. Quark -> Ark
4. Quart -> Art
5. Quail -> Ail
6. Quill -> Ill
7. Queasy -> Easy
8. Qualms -> Alms
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lolllzz
Excellent teaser, and a very nice twist on the "Beheads". Loved it!
For some reason I found this hard. Kept me busy for a while and that is a good thing. Thanks for posting.
Interesting and easy.
kinda fun.
Very easy, I only had a little trouble with # 8, but by working backwards I got that one too. Fun one.
Not too hard, not too easy . . . just right!
Fun! Needed the hint for quark/ark...great teaser!
About half easy, I thought, half more difficult.
Too easy. Ah, but I loved it!
ahh.. fun times
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.
Thanks! BTW, can I BRING ALE while I play?
When I finally figured out what I was supposed to do, I got them all, but 1/2 of number 3. Good one!
Fun and easy.
A few weren't easy for me, but fun - thanks for posting!
Loved the fact you had Quirks and Quarks one after the other. It amused me.
missed two , but had fun! thanks!
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!
Got all but one this time! I used the second word first approach on a couple of them! Thanks for posting!
Ezy but fun, thanks Marc!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got all of them fairly quickly though I had to use the hint for the 2nd and 3rd ones.
Got all except #8. That was good teaser
A bit too easy w/ the "qu". Only the last one gave any sort of trouble. If you're going through the entire alphabet, though, not your fault that it's too hard to come up with uncommon Q words, so I still commend your teaserocity!
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