SPOONERIZED MONIKERS IMAGINARY QUOTIENT (IQ) TEST (Round 1)

How to Play:

Fill in the two blanks in each entry to come up with a goofy "Spoonerized Moniker" and its resulting 2-word rhyming phrase. The correct answers will complete a sentence where each set of blanks is a spoonerism of the other.

Example:

➤ PETE ________ works in a slaughterhouse as a ________ PACKER.

 
[The answer to the first blank is "MACKER" (which rhymes with "PACKER"), while the answer to the second blank is "MEAT" (which rhymes with "PETE"). Thus, the answer to the riddle is "PETE MACKER works in a slaughterhouse as a MEAT PACKER."]

Round 1:

➤ CHET ________ loves to keep ________ CHICKENS in his backyard coop.


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➤ DEAN ________ always keeps a stash of ________ DIAPERS on hand for his twin new-borns.


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➤ WALT ________ just can’t get enough of his ________ WHISKEY.


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➤ LINCOLN ________ holds his nose whenever ________' LIMBERGER is served.


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➤ BRUCE ________ gets turned on when he sees his wife in a ________ BRASSIERE.


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SPANGLISH CONNECTIONS (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each entry consists of a Spanish word surrounded by blank spaces. Your job is to fill in the blank spaces with appropriate letters to solve a new word - in English!

Example: 

➤ ___ PIE ___

[The answer is "SPIED", solved by filling in "S" and "D" in the blank spaces.]

Round 2:

➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ GATO

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➤ CARA ___ ___ ___

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➤ ___ ROPA ___ ___

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➤ HUMO ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ VACA ___ ___ ___ ___

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: SPANGLISH CONNECTIONS (Round 1)

3-STRING CIRCUS (Round 1)

How to Play:

Each entry contains a string of 3 consecutive letters of the alphabet surrounded by blank spaces. Based on the given clue, fill in the blank spaces with appropriate letters to come up with a common word.

Example:

➤ L ___ M ___ N

(Crappy car, perhaps)

[The blank letters to fill in surrounding the consecutive 3-string "L-M-N" are "E" and "O" , revealing the word "LEMON".]

Round 1:

➤ ABC ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 

(Unit of electrical charge)

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➤ B ___ C ___ ___ ___ ___ D

(Premolar)

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➤ C ___ ___ D ___ E

(Separate into lumps)

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➤ DEF ___ ___ ___

(State the nature of)

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➤ EF ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ G

(Making oneself insignificant)

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SPANGLISH CONNECTIONS (Round 1)

How to Play:

Each entry consists of a Spanish word surrounded by blank spaces. Your job is to fill in the blank spaces with appropriate letters to solve a new word - in English!

Example:

➤ ___ PIE ___

[The answer is "SPIED", solved by filling in "S" and "D" in the blank spaces.]

Round 1:

➤ ___ ___ RIO ___ ___

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➤ ___ OJO

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➤ LECHE ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ MANO ___

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➤ ___ ___ DIOS

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COMPOUNDING INTEREST (Round 2)

How to Play:

Using the given compound word as a starting point, add suitable words to each of its two component words to spin off two new compound words. The answers to the two suitable add-on words will then spin off to create the third compound word. Entry clues are listed as a solving aid.

Example:

➤ FIREBREAK

1) FIRE(TWIG) = FIRESTICK

2) BREAK(NOT DOWN) = BREAKUP

3) (BANK JOB) = STICKUP

[Answer: (TWIG) = "STICK" for FIRESTICK; (NOT DOWN) = "UP" for BREAKUP; and (BANK JOB) = STICKUP, resulting in 3 spin-off compound words.]

Round 2:

➤ BACKYARD

1) BACK(TREE BY-PRODUCT) = __________

2) YARD(LABOR) = __________

3) (BASEBOARD TRIMMING, E.G.) = __________

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➤ FOREHAND

1) FORE(BODY PART) = __________

2) HAND(GET UP) = __________

3) (UPSIDE DOWN YOGA POSITION) = __________

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➤ WOODCUT

1) WOOD(TERRA FIRMA) = __________

2) CUT(DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 POINTS) = __________

3) (ARCHAIC PHONE CONNECTION) = __________

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➤ WORKHORSE

1) WORK(CASINO) = __________

2) HORSE(COMMON INDOOR PEST) = __________

3) (COMMON INDOOR PEST) = __________

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➤ KINGPIN

1) KING(ZEBRA OR TETRA, E.G.) = __________

2) PIN(HUMANS HAVE A VESTIGAL ONE) = __________

3) (SWERVE AND VEER DOWN THE ROAD) = __________

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MISSING PERSONS CASES (Round 2)

How to play:

Using the clues and connector word as a solving aid, fill in the blanks in each entry to reveal the identity of a well-known "missing person". 

Example:

➤ Cool jazz cat on even KEEL:

 ___ ___ KEEL ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[Answer: the missing person is “DuKEELlington".]

Round 2:

➤ C team member of presidential family dynasty on the EBB:

___ EBB ___ ___ ___

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➤ Guinan on "Star Trek The Next Generation" was born in Year of the PIG:

___ ___ ___ _­­­__ PIG ___ ___ ___ ___ _­­­__ ___ ___

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➤ Ancient traveler willing to COP goods in Far East spice deal:

___ ___ ___ COP ___ ___ ___

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➤ Transcendental Idealism philosopher occasionally went ELK hunting:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _­­­__ ELK ___ ___ ___


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➤ Award-winning actress in libel suit claiming "so and so" is a LIAR:

___ ___ LIAR ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___


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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: MISSING PERSON CASES (Round 1)

ROMAN NUMERAL CRYPTOLOGY (Round 2)

How to Play:

To decode the solution to each entry, first convert the Arabic numeral to its Roman numeral counterpart. Then, inferring from puns and riddles within the cryptic clue, break down the logical structure of each entry to figure out the answer.

Example:

➤ "9 sits inside a pigpen at retirement age": SIXTY

[The answer is "sIXty" derived from the rules: 9 becomes IX, which is then inserted inside the word "sty" because the cryptic clue says "IX sits inside a pigpen." Another word for pigpen is "sty", so putting IX inside "sty" results in "sIXty". Part of the pun / solution is 60 is also a retirement age.]

➤ Roman Numeral Key:

[I = 1 / V=5 / X=10 / L=50 / C=100 / D=500 / M=1000]

Round 2:

➤ "Thomas Edison goes to rehab center at 55": ________

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➤ "11 moms in long dresses": ________

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➤ "2000 meet at the center of regular masked bandit": ________

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➤ "100 mail deliverers are on the verge of something": ________

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➤ "These 10 pugilists are from colonial South Africa": ________

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: ROMAN NUMERAL CRYPTOLOGY (Round 1)

STEREOTYPES YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . OR HAVE YOU? (Round 1)

How to Play:

Stereotypes exist for a reason, so they say. But can there possibly be a kernel of truth to any of these stereotypical sights and events? Surely, you have seen or heard of them all . . . right? Find out by completing the stereotype scenarios below.

Example:

➤ Have you ever seen a billy goat munching on a ________ ________?

[The answer is "TIN CAN".]

Round 1:

➤ Have you ever seen a ________ with a card stuck in his hat that says "________"?

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➤ Have you ever seen a car with the words "________ ________" written on the back window in red lipstick and with a trailing string of clanky ________ ________?

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➤ Have you ever seen a ________ walking down the ________ with his worldly possessions tied in a bundle slung over his shoulder?

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➤ Have you ever seen a ________ wearing black and white striped ________ garb?

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➤ Have you ever seen a small arched ________ ________ in a wall with a piece of cheese next to it?

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U.S. RD. MAP: ST. ABBR. (Round 2)

How to Play:

Solve each entry by filling in the blanks with official U.S. state abbreviations to come up with a common word related to the "road map" clue.

Example:

➤ Having a flushed complexion: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[The answer is “FLORID” which is comprised of the combination of state abbreviations FL + OR + ID.]

Round 2

➤ Fortified wine: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ Camel relative: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ Not coastal: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ Mental messing with: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ Ransacker: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: U.S. RD. MAP: ST. ABBR. (Round 1)

"PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each entry requires you to "PHIL" in the blank with a male or female first name. Clues are given as a solving aid to reveal a name subsumed into the word.

Example:

➤ This person has a macabre fascination with death:

NECRO __________ IA

[The person's name is “PHIL” and the word is “NECROPHILIA”.]

Round 2:

➤ This person is a pyrotechnic specialist:

SALT __________

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➤ This person loves the holiday season:

__________ TMAS

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➤ This person is the sum of all his parts:

AG __________ ATE

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➤ This person always comes out on top:

__________ IOUS

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➤ This person comes from a long established wealthy family:

__________ N

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 1)

+/- FACTOR (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each entry comes with a +/- clue and a missing +/- letter in parentheses at the beginning or ending of the series of blank spaces. Using the +/- clue as a solving aid, fill in the blanks and the missing +/- letter will reveal either a longer / shorter common word, or a longer / shorter well-known person's last name.

Example: (common words)

➤ Legal +/- Terrible =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[The missing +/- letter is "L"; the answer to the clue is “(L)AWFUL", with “LAWFUL” being the + answer to the clue “Legal”, and “AWFUL” being the - answer to the clue “Terrible”.]

Example: (well-known person's last name)

➤ New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor +/- "Small" comedian =

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ( ___ ) 

[The missing +/- letter is "Z"; the answer to the clue is “SHORT(Z)”, with “SHORTZ" being the + answer to the clue “New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor” (Will Shortz), and “SHORT” being the - answer to the clue "'Small' Comedian” (Martin Short).]

Round 2:

Common Words:

➤ Spin +/- Progress =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ State crime +/- Logic =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ Grouse +/- Skirmish =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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Well-known Persons:

➤ Limping shuffler of “Midnight Cowboy” +/- MSU basketball coach =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤ American businessman, investor, philanthropist +/- American lyricist =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___

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➤  "Modern Family” patriarch +/- “Jurassic Park” actor =

( ___ ) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: + / - FACTOR (Round 1)