Ethel Loves Quizzes & Puzzles

And This is a good one. Different, too.

Anyone who has read my Newspaper Column or this Blog for any length of time knows my penchant for Brain Twisters, and so this can be no surprise.

But trust me, it’s a good one, and also, it’s not a brain-breaker. Just fun.

Following are ten groups of words. The three answers of each group are made up from the very same four letters. Find the correct answer to one of the three and then twist the letters around to find the answers to the other two.

Six correct is said to be good, and finding eight or more correct is said you must be a genius. I wasn’t a genius. Here goes.

1. (a). A benediction ______________________
(b), An appellation ________________________
(c). Long hair of a horse ___________________

2. (a). Small Body of water ________________
(b). A game _____________________________
(c). Doubling a Rope ______________________

3, (a). A cock, hen or chicken _______________
(b). Glide, as a stream _____________________
(c), An animal ____________________________

4. (a). To challenge ________________________
(b). Beloved ______________________________
(c). To pursue ____________________________

5. (a). Crippled ___________________________
(b). One of the sexes ______________________
(c). A repast _____________________________

6. (a). To spring over ______________________
(b). Sound, as a bell _______________________
(c). Wan, colorless ________________________

7. (a). A fruit ____________________________
(b). To cut covering off ____________________
(c). To Harvest ___________________________

8. (a).  A measure of land __________________
(b). Contest of speed ______________________
(c). To be fond of _________________________

9, (a). Chair or bench ______________________
(b). Point on Compass _____________________
(c). Satisfy the appetite _____________________

10. (a). Domesticated ______________________
(b). Set of Players _________________________
(c). Flesh of animals _______________________

This is a fun quizz and one you might want to share with your children. In fact, if they get it first, they will try it out on you.

Print this out and work on it, because I am not giving the answers out quite yet, and feel free to post your answers.

Oh, and I hope you had more fun solving these, than I had typing them. Almost gave up and deleted the whole dang thing.   Have fun and we’ll meet again next week, AND NOT WITH A QUIZ SUCH AS THIS.

5 thoughts on “Ethel Loves Quizzes & Puzzles

  1. 1. (a). A benediction _______amen_______________
    (b), An appellation ____name____________________
    (c). Long hair of a horse _________mane__________

    2. (a). Small Body of water _pond?_______________
    (b). A game _______pool______________________
    (c). Doubling a Rope _______loop_______________

    3, (a). A cock, hen or chicken ____fowl___________
    (b). Glide, as a stream ____loaf_________________
    (c), An animal _______wolf_____________________

    4. (a). To challenge ______dare__________________
    (b). Beloved _______dear_______________________
    (c). To pursue ____________________read________

    5. (a). Crippled ________lame___________________
    (b). One of the sexes ____________male__________
    (c). A repast _____meal________________________

    6. (a). To spring over _____leap_________________
    (b). Sound, as a bell __peal_____________________
    (c). Wan, colorless ___pale_____________________

    7. (a). A fruit ______pear______________________
    (b). To cut covering of __apre___________________
    (c). To Harvest _____reap

    8. (a). A measure of land __acre________________
    (b). Contest of speed ___race___________________
    (c). To be fond of ____care_____________________

    9, (a). Chair or bench ___seat________
    (b). Point on Compass ____________east_________
    (c). Satisfy the appetite __eats___________________

    10. (a). Domesticated __tame____________________
    (b). Set of Players _team________________________
    (c). Flesh of animals ______meat_________________

    • Gotcha, Jim on 2, 3 and 7.
      On two the game is Polo
      on three you missed on flow
      and on seven, the one in error is pare. You pare an apple.

      Fun. ethel

  2. I saw this one on facebook yesterday. Found the mistake.

    “85% won’t find the the mistake in this sentence?
    A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z.”

    I have several students who don’t read carefully…maybe I should use this one on them?

    Have a great day!

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