INTERNATIONAL HOOK-UPS (1 Round Only)

How to Play:

These lovey-dovey couples are "All-American" in name only, but they are decidedly not from the U.S.A. Can you figure out where they hail from?

1 Round Only:

➤ Russ 'n Ann: ________ & ________

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➤ Ken 'n Barb: ________ & ________

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➤ Al 'n Fran: ________ & ________

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➤ Scott 'n Sue: ________ & ________

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➤ Martin 'n Mona: ________ & ________

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➤ Ben 'n Elsa: ________ & ________

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➤ Sam 'n Britt: ________ & ________

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➤ George 'n Libby: ________ & ________

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➤ Ira 'n Maura: ________ & ________

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➤ Monte 'n Col: ________ & ________

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➤ Les 'n Molly: ________ & ________

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➤ Finn 'n Bel: ________ & ________

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➤ Guy 'n Sierra: ________ & ________

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SUGAR SUBSTITUTES (1 Round Only)

How to Play:

Entries are descriptions of well-known candy brands. It's a sweet little game to play. (It might also be called Artificial Sweeteners!)

Example:

➤ Red planet: ________

[The answer is "MARS".]

1 Round Only:

➤ Athos, Porthos, Aramis: ________ ________

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➤ Delight of a type of nut: ________ ________

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➤ Hummocks: ________

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➤ Prestigious short story award: ________ ________

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➤ Grover Cleveland's eldest daughter: ________ ________

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➤ Shrubland habitat: ________

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➤ 1 to 1, e.g.: ________

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➤ 1 of billions in the universe: ________ ________

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➤ Anticipated reward for wage earners: ________

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➤ Lollygagger: ________

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➤ Mandible buster: ________

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➤ Dab o' bee vomit: ________ ________ ________

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➤ Mae Wests: ________ ________

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➤ Sneers: ________

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➤ Failed lactose pellets: ________ ________

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➤ Great lies: ________

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➤ Movie part for Dustin: ________

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➤ Sweet little tots: ________ ________

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➤ Careless handlers: ________

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➤ Nothing, nada, zilch: ________

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➤ You'd have this amount in the bank if you had a bill with Woodrow Wilson's picture on it: ________ ________

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"PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 8)

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 8:

➤ This person is a good card counter:

 BLACK __________

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➤ This person is tops:

__________ IMAL

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➤ This person writes with clarity:

__________ LINE

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➤ This person collects foot stools from around the world:

__________ MAN

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➤ This person is about average:

 OR __________ RY

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➤ This person brings on the sweet treats:

 C __________ MAN

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➤ This person won’t be caught without it in the rain:

UMBR __________

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➤ This person hunts and gathers here:

SA __________ H

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➤ This person is a bit weird:

AB __________ AL

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➤ This person is on the rise:

L __________ TE

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

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

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 5)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 6)

BRAINWRACK!: "PHIL" IN THE BLANK (Round 7)

HUMANIMALS (Round 5) (Final Round)

How to Play:

Based on the clue (an initial is provided as a solving aid), each correct answer will reveal a "HUMANIMAL" - a well-known personality whose first or last name is a bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile or insect. Homophones, nicknames and pseudonyms are allowed.

Example:

➤ W. ["crumby" bird] =

__________ * __________

[The answer to the clue is "PIGEON" revealing the "Humanimal" named WALTER * PIDGEON.]

Round 5:

➤ E. [accipiter] =

__________ * __________

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➤ C. [weasel relative] =

__________ * __________

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➤ C. [small songbird or unisex name] =

__________ * __________

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➤ A. [bird or former V.P. surname] =

__________ * __________

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➤ G. [body part, used with "apple"] =

__________ * __________

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➤ B. [valley and river in the Eastern Sierra of California] =

__________ * __________

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: HUMANIMALS (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: HUMANIMALS (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: HUMANIMALS (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: HUMANIMALS (Round 4)

PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 7)

How to Play:

Each entry lists a sentence with two clues to help reveal the correct blank * blank answer. The first clue hints at a well-known personality (initials given as a solving aid), and the second clue embedded in the sentence hints at the 2-word answer that rhymes with the well-known person.

Example:

➤ Zany "Laugh-In" regular [G.H.] who never took care of the mildewed grass in her yard ended up with a ________ * ________.

[Answer: Based on the clue "mildewed grass", the blank words to fill in are "MOLDY * LAWN", which rhymes with the "Laugh-In" clue answer, "GOLDIE * HAWN".]

Round 7:

➤ Wacko paranoid brother of movie star Dennis [R.Q.] had such a bad sweet tooth that he went on a midnight ________ * ________.

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➤ Ridgemont High surfer dude [S.P.] took pilgrimage to Japan and now he's up and ________ * ________.

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➤ Zany comic born Andrew Thomlinson [A.D.] is a real horny bastard, a veritable ________ * ________.

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➤ S.N.L. fired star, now famous movie star [A.S.] once had an entourage that included a string of prostitutes and their ________ * ________.

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➤ Famous HBO comic talk show host [B.M.] basically shuns the limelight and is a super- ________ * ________.

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 5)

BRAINWRACK!: PRIME TIME RHYME (Round 6)

"THE END" GAME (Round 3)

How to Play:

Each sentence must be completed using a 2-WORD phrase at THE END. Each word in the phrase must be comprised of 3 LETTERS only. Clues are embedded in each sentence as a solving aid.

Example:

➤ As a result of taking a beating in the fight, I have a swollen eye and a ____ ____.

[Answer: the clue "swollen eye" indicates another facial injury: "FAT LIP", which is a 2-word phrase at THE END of the sentence, and with each word being just 3 letters long.]

Round 3:

➤ I once lived a year in a cave and let my hair and beard grow long and never bathed, so by the time I crawled out I was looking and smelling like an ____ ____.

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➤ My first girlfriend had small breasts, so to puff things up a bit I bought her a ____ ____.

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➤ I answered the phone and listened to a scam involving me giving my bank account number to an "IRS agent" but he was really just a ____ ____.

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➤ I may be an old Boomer, but this guy I knew looked my age even though he was just a ____ ____.

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➤ I had been on my computer all day long, so it was definitely time to ____ ____.

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➤ When my waterbed broke, the only way to clean up the mess was to break out the ____ ____.

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➤ I'm not so into jazz and being cool and all that, but my brother, now he's a real ____ ____.

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➤ I have never engaged in lewd conduct or been caught in flagrante delicto in a public ____ ____.

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➤ A person who (obviously) didn't know me or my sexual identity very well once set me up on a blind date with a ____ ____.

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➤ I'm such an optimist that I think that everything will eventually ____ ____.

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7X BONUS!

➤ The Three Musketeers motto: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: "THE END" GAME (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: "THE END" GAME (Round 2)

THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 8)

How to Play:

Each entry lists a string of 3 or more identical vowels surrounded by blank spaces. Using the clue as a solving aid, figure out each word (or place name).

Example:

➤ ___ ___ EE ___ E ___

(Place to store excess perishables)

[The answer is FREEZER.]

Round 8:

➤ ___ A ___ A ___ A ___

(Knocking or rapping sound, hyp.)

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➤ ___ EE ___ E

(To annoy or irritate)

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➤ ___ O ___ O ___ O

(Ornamental or baroque style of architecture)

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➤ ___ O ___ O ___ O

(Pygmy chimpanzee)

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➤ ___ A ___ A ___ A ___ ___ A ___

(Island country in the Indian Ocean)

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 5)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 6)

BRAINWRACK!: THROWING IN THE VOWEL(S) (Round 7)

THIS & THAT (Round 6)

How to Play:

Each correct answer is a common "_______ & _______" phrase, such as "THIS & THAT". To solve, simply switch out one letter in each clue word with a different letter to reveal a common "_______ & _______" phrase.

Example:

➤ _______ & _______

(bell / chair)

[Answer: switch out the "e" in "bell" to "a" and the "r" in "chair" to "n" to come up with the common "_______ & _______" phrase, "BALL & CHAIN".]

Round 6:

➤ _______ & _______

(ever / nut)


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➤ _______ & _______

(arty / wavy)

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➤ _______ & _______

(mink / money)


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➤ _______ & _______

(guts / noses)


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➤ _______ & _______

(stash / grub)

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➤ _______ & _______

(plaid / pimple)


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➤ _______ & _______

(bugger / cries)

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: THIS & THAT (Round 1)

BRAINWRACK!: THIS & THAT (Round 2)

BRAINWRACK!: THIS & THAT (Round 3)

BRAINWRACK!: THIS & THAT (Round 4)

BRAINWRACK!: THIS & THAT (Round 5)

"THE END" GAME (Round 2)

How to Play:

Each sentence must be completed using a 2-WORD phrase at THE END. Each word in the phrase must be comprised of 3 LETTERS only. Clues are embedded in each sentence as a solving aid.

Example:

➤ As a result of taking a beating in the fight, I have a swollen eye and a ____ ____.

[Answer: the clue "swollen eye" indicates another facial injury: "FAT LIP", which is a 2-word phrase at THE END of the sentence, and with each word being just 3 letters long.]

Round 2:

➤ After getting vaccinated, the next day I felt a swollen lump under my left ____ ____.

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➤ I was fortunate to have avoided military service because my dad suffered PTSD later in life as a ____ ____.

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➤ One time four of my drinking buddies got wasted and stiffed me with the expensive ____ ____.

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➤ I hate flying cross-country or internationally because I always end up suffering from ____ ____.

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➤ Doesn't everyone have one of those crazy uncles or siblings who's a complete 100% certifiable ____ ____.

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➤ I'm hard of hearing because my canals are compacted with ____ ____.

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➤ My wife and I love getting naked and stimulated together in the sauna to enjoy some ____ ____.

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➤ One time in the sauna, though, our privacy had been compromised when we discovered a hidden ____ ____.

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➤ Don't even think about injecting me with those experimental drugs! After all, I'm not a ____ ____.

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➤ If you pay what you owe to Uncle Sam every year, then there's no need to fear the ____ ____.

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TRIPLE BONUS!

➤ On the blind date, the gorgeous woman had to choose between me and another guy to go out with. Guess who was the ____ ____ ____?

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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):

BRAINWRACK!: "THE END" GAME (Round 1)