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Two Rhymes are Right
For each of the following word pairs, you are looking for two word answer, the first is a rhyme of the first word and gives the category. The second word is a rhyme and is a specific word in that category. For example, "Kitty, Tennis" translates to "City, Venice".
1. Varmint, Packet
2. Duller, Fellow
3. Speaker, Spiky
4. Funny, Scholar
5. Petal, Shopper
6. Foxer, Bison
7. Fetal, Bingo
1. Varmint, Packet
2. Duller, Fellow
3. Speaker, Spiky
4. Funny, Scholar
5. Petal, Shopper
6. Foxer, Bison
7. Fetal, Bingo
Answer
1. Garment, Jacket2. Color, Yellow
3. Sneaker, Nike
4. Money, Dollar
5. Metal, Copper
6. Boxer, Tyson
7. Beatle, Ringo
Excerpts in instructions from Reader's Digest.
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First again...great one fishmed you got me though
Got about 4 of them, good job! Off to check the other one out.
i got 5 and 6.
this was pretty challenging, but fun.
this was pretty challenging, but fun.
i got about three or four of them.
you got me on the "spiky, nike" thing though.
nike used to be pronounced niky here, but about 8 years or so ago they did this HUGE advertising campaign, and called themselves "nike" (like spike), so that one completely threw me :/
well done though
you got me on the "spiky, nike" thing though.
nike used to be pronounced niky here, but about 8 years or so ago they did this HUGE advertising campaign, and called themselves "nike" (like spike), so that one completely threw me :/
well done though
Now, I feel foolish....I just looked up c-a-l-e.....and it's just another valid spelling for k-a-l-e.(smack,slap,smack).
I don't remember what teaser I posted that on, but I konw it was one of your teasers, fishmed.
Okay, I just did this teaser, and i got all of them except for #7.....At least I knew the second half of it was"Ringo." Still can't believe I missed it, though...and at first, I thought #4 was Bunny/Holler , which doesn't make any sense.
I thought the other teaser was much harder.....peace.
WOW That was a little tough, but it all makes sense now.
I was thinking number 7 was "Beetle"...I thought the second half was Ringo, but it didn't make any sense with the correct word, spelled the wrong way. Oops.
Hey I'm new but I've been playing these little braingle things for quite sometime now I'm usually really bad with these and that wasn't any different for this one I got the boxer tyson one right though (yay for me) !! Well I just wanted to say hi and that I think these are lots of fun
Missed #3, but they were all well done. Good job.
that was sooo cute!!!! YAY!
good!
Great one fishmed, I liked this one. especially the #10. It had to do with "THE BEATLES"!!!!!!!!!!
CUTE, VERY WELL DONE THANKS.
CUTE, VERY WELL DONE THANKS.
very fun, i love these, just cause i can figure these out!!
Hi starlite! Stick with me baby, and u can't go wrong, LOL! kidding, kidding, jk jk jk jk jk jk!!!!! Geesh... OK now, I GOT THEM ALLLL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY, except the last one took a little time. I was gonna say I wish they'd been harder, but apparently this is just something, one of the very very rare, few things, that's easy for me, but not for everyone!!! Thanks!
Thanks Fishmed. I love these play on words. Great!
I just LOVE this kind of teaser! That's because they're relatively easy for me. All i gotta do is go through the letters of the alphabet for the first letter of the first word, and when I find the letter of a legitimate word, the next one is obvious. Good one!
I enjoy these teasers a lot!!
For some reason I get them very quickly too. I guess it just depends on how our brains are wired!! Left-brain vs. right brain.... verbal vs. spatial, etc, etc.... you know what I mean? That's why Braingle is so cool!!
For some reason I get them very quickly too. I guess it just depends on how our brains are wired!! Left-brain vs. right brain.... verbal vs. spatial, etc, etc.... you know what I mean? That's why Braingle is so cool!!
I really liked this one. But, I must say, I don't think Duller and Color really rhyme. Maybe I just pronounce them differently?
Thanks! I actually got them all right away - WOW for me! That, of course, means I'll miss them all next time! Thanks again!
Sometimes I wonder how you people think of these extremely easy teasers, that basically anyone could solve, even a very unintelligent chihuahua in the Senegal Desert. Try again.
Those are fun Good, quick little brain fodder Keep 'em coming
Llama-lover, that wasn't very nice or polite. People's minds are unique - some are very good in language, others science, etc. I got this one pretty easily, but seldom get the technical ones. I enjoyed it. Let's all play nice.
If a chihuahua can make it all the way from the SONORAN desert to the African continent, I'd say she wasn't all that unintelligent. Where do your South American llamas live....in the Arctic? Thanks to all of you who take the time and energy to submit these teasers. We enjoy them every day.
Cool and fun. copy of another though. Found it easier this time, cuz I knew more what I was lookin fer!!
Good one... Tremendously easy, but I had fun with it! I've decided that I don't like easy teasers because they make me think I'm smarter than I really am, and when I get to a hard one, I get all disappointed!
BORING BORING BORING!
Wow, didn't get the hang of that one at all! I liked it though!
Very good one. Got three though and came up with answers for the other four.
that was so fun! I love these kind. I got the first five, but i couldn't figure out #6. I knew it was beatle, but i was thinking of it like beetle oops really good teaser though!!
ok, dude, you totally already had this on there. come up w/ some new ones!!!!
That was a good one!! it was hard though!! i like it....oh ya!!!!
Great Job!! Fun to figure out and I got them all
Just the right difficulty (pretty easy, in other words). To hard=too boring.
I Got Them All Right!!! Yeah Me! Great Teaser. Somewhat challenging and very fun.
Isn't reader digest copyrighted? Those are the same questions in the November 2005 issue. Sorry but I don't think that's very fair taking it saying it was yours...
Cute!
hey, that one was alright. I got them all so now Idon't feel quite so stupid. And by the way, yes the RD is copyright work, but since it was explained that instructions were in the RD the submitter was not claiming it to be his own. I'm sure most of the teasers have come from something in print at sometime or other. Gees, play nice or take your story and go home. Keep 'em coming - whereever they are from.
You are right vierma. As I noted where it came from and don't take credit, nor make any money from it, this does not infringe. It is for entertainment benefit only. Now, if you'd like to show your enjoyment by donating to a worthwhile charity, the Fishmed Foundation, you are welcome to do so. All money is used for a worthwhile cause and no monkeys are ever hurt in our testing.
I got them all! I loved it!
very cool i only got one right im making progress usually im stumped
On call 'O' comet
Answer:
No comment.
Funny Teaser. Left out a few letters.
Answer:
No comment.
Funny Teaser. Left out a few letters.
i thought it was good i only got the last three though
good 1
Challenging! Clever!
TO ME, THIS IS BORING. I AM NOT ENTERTAINED NOR DO I LEARN ANYTHING, THIS IS TOO EASY, BUT KEEP TRYING YOUR PROLIFICNESS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRODUCE SOMETHING I ENJOY.
iMurray... If you can't learn anything maybe your brain is full.
Is that your picture?
Good Teaser, I flunked except
for getting Beatles/Ringo.
Got a lot of words but it's 2:20 am where I am..
& any concept would be difficult
for me right now
Good one tho THANX!!!
Is that your picture?
Good Teaser, I flunked except
for getting Beatles/Ringo.
Got a lot of words but it's 2:20 am where I am..
& any concept would be difficult
for me right now
Good one tho THANX!!!
Sorry, so tired I thought the
Devils were in iMurray's comment.
So they can't be a picture of him?
Devils were in iMurray's comment.
So they can't be a picture of him?
It was hard for me. After seeing the first part I could get the second part but otherwise this was definately a challenge.
Good job!!
Good job!!
2ndhandrose-This is a column for people to make their truthful comments.Why do you constantly put people down,do you have a inferiority complex or are you just plain ignorant.
As far as the teaser. YAWN
Took a while and a lot of thought, but I finally got this one. Good treawr
poor instrucktions.very bad teaser sounds like a little kid would do ..thumbs down
nice easy little teaser, first thing on a Monday morning....it got the cobwebs shaken loose from my brain, ready to start working now!
I liked it. I imagine it's more difficult if you don't know your Beatles, sneaker brands or boxers.
Can't beleive we got all seven!!! But it took teamwork. The tipoff was realizing that proper names were acceptable.
Good mental stretch!
Good mental stretch!
Doehead-Sorry if I offend you
but this guy just keeps putting down the people who are making up the puzzles.
Will keep personal comments to myself although tons of people
here don't. The one about
frogs and Quebec was just plain offensive to me. Nes't Pas?
I was personally insulted that time.
That's OK ??????
but this guy just keeps putting down the people who are making up the puzzles.
Will keep personal comments to myself although tons of people
here don't. The one about
frogs and Quebec was just plain offensive to me. Nes't Pas?
I was personally insulted that time.
That's OK ??????
How about "Leaker, Dikey", ya know, if you're affectionate towards the dikes around your waterfalls.
Duller is pronounced "dole-ur" here...
Fun, intelligent and made me have to use my brain this morning.Missed several but worth the ones I got right; Thanks!
Nice one!
Good one!
Hi Doehead.
Read Allen6566. e.g.
I will stick to commenting on
puzzles from now on.....but I'm
sure others won't.
Appreciated your opinion tho.
Rose
Read Allen6566. e.g.
I will stick to commenting on
puzzles from now on.....but I'm
sure others won't.
Appreciated your opinion tho.
Rose
Enjoyed this teaser.
This was a great teaser!! The Reader's Digest has some great puzzles in the back! Excellent work!!
This was fun.
I got 2.
I must be getting old. Sigh.
I got 2.
I must be getting old. Sigh.
confusing!!
If a puzzle is getting great reviews, but your comment is "poor instructions", maybe the problem isn't with the puzzle maker...
I must say, this was very easy....... once I looked at the answers
WoW! That was a little hard but I got half of it right anyways
I always get riddles wrond anyhow.
Sometimes I get pretty agervated
with riddles
I always get riddles wrond anyhow.
Sometimes I get pretty agervated
with riddles
Tough stuff. Only one right! lot of halfs and laughs though.
thanks.
thanks.
i got it right... that means it was easy
good job, i got a few of them right, then i got stuck
Oooh, I love this one! Kinda tough... but very very good nonetheless!!! Keep on rockin'!
wwaayy tooohard 4 me...seriously
That was a neat teaser! Worth borrowing from Readers Digest, I'd say! I had fun with it, though I apparently don't know much about garments or shoes.
It was awsome.
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