Answers and solutions.Colloquy col·lo·quy n. pl. col·lo·quies 1. A conversation, especially a formal one. 2. A written dialogue. [From Latin colloquium, conversation; see The arithmetical sequence relies on word play. Start with 1. What do you see? One 1 so the next entry is 11. Now what do you see? 2 1s so the next entry is 21; then one 2 and one 1 yields 1211. Then 111221 is next, etc. Insiders Jim Puder 1. Nicolo Paganini 2. Calvin Coolidge 3. Tiger Woods 4. Louis Pasteur 5. Richard Planta-genet 6. Martha Stewart 7. Hillary Clinton 8. Barack Obama 9. Santa Claus 10. Bill Gates 11. William Shakespeare 12. Mickey Mouse 13. George S. Patton “George Patton” redirects here. For the 19th century Scottish jurist and politician, see George Patton, Lord Glenalmond. George Smith Patton Jr. GCB, KBE (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. 14. Maurice Ravel 15. Bobby Fischer 16. Jacques Cousteau 17. Condoleeza Rice 18. Henri Rousseau 19. Adlai Stevenson 20. Lady Godiva 21. Edgar Allan Poe (twice) 22. Raymond Chandler 23. Lana Turner 24. Kemal Ataturk 25. Simon Bolivar 26. Frank Sinatra 27. Napoleon Bonaparte 28. Oedipus Rex 29. Jean Paul Marat 30. Robin Hood 31. Adolf Hitler 32. Stephen King 33. Ambrose Bierce 34. Francis Bacon 35. Lewis Carroll 36. Ernest Hemingway 37. (Cap-tain) James Cook 38. Laura Bush 39. Carl Sandburg 40. Lucrezia Borgia 41. Ayn Rand [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Telephone, Self-stamped, Temporary, Permutation One possible combination of items out of a larger set of items. For example, with the set of numbers 1, 2 and 3, there are six possible permutations: 12, 21, 13, 31, 23 and 32. (mathematics) permutation - 1. , Philander phi·lan·der intr.v. phi·lan·dered, phi·lan·der·ing, phi·lan·ders 1. To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man. 2. , Diametric di·a·met·ri·cal also di·a·met·ric adj. 1. Of, relating to, or along a diameter. 2. Exactly opposite; contrary. di , Literature, Claptrap, Classmate, Slaughterhouse, Morphine, Browbeat brow·beat tr.v. brow·beat, brow·beat·en , brow·beat·ing, brow·beats To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully. See Synonyms at intimidate. , Frightened, Lamentable, Mundane, Coffee, Fearless, Suspension, Melancholic mel·an·chol·ic adj. 1. Affected with or being subject to melancholy. 2. Of or relating to melancholia. Punk Whiz 4 Anil 1. gray matter 2. pinions 3. poop Poop A slang term often used to describe people with insider information. Notes: Not the most illustrious name. See also: Insider Information sheet 4. trade unions 5. kiss and make up 6. shot putter 7. Miss out 8. brotherhood 9. Express yourself! 10. petition 11. pursuit 12. puddle 13. low wit 14. earth lover 15. The coast is clear! 16. funny bones 17. loaf 18. engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. 19. panache 20. go over big 21. pawnbroker pawnbroker, one who makes loans on personal effects that are left as security. The practice of pawnbroking is ancient, as is recognition of the danger it involves of oppressing the poor. 22. music (or opera)impresario 23. postgraduates 24. mountebank 25. nonet no·net n. 1. A combination of nine instruments or voices. 2. A composition written for such a combination. [Italian nonetto, from diminutive of nono, ninth 26. pulp fiction 27. prosecute 28. outlying 29. ram 30. retrospection 31. time flies 32. pigskin 33. puppet government 34. between a rock and a hard place 35. satisfactory 36. readership Forty-Three Names Darryl Francis The 43 names can be spelled out from the letters of the names of US Presidents. So, for example, Hans Geiger can be spelled out using some of the letters of George Washington. The most chronologically appropriate ordering of the names is with the Presidents' names in order they served as President. The 44th name will depend on the outcome of the US Presidential election in November 2008. As I write this article (May 2008), Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are still contesting the Democratic nomination.
1 George Washington Hans Geiger
2 John Adams Osama
3 Thomas Jefferson Jane Shore
4 James Madison James Mason
5 James Monroe Romeo
6 John Quincy Adams Amos n' Andy
7 Andrew Jackson Jon Secada
8 Martin Van Buren Eva Braun
9 William Henry Harrison Ariel Sharon
10 John Tyler O Henry
11 James Knox Polk Joe Soap
12 Zachary Taylor Harry O
13 Millard Fillmore Rommel
14 Franklin Pierce Planck
15 James Buchanan Beau Nash
16 Abraham Lincoln Carl Hamblin
17 Andrew Johnson John Donne
18 Ulysses Simpson Grant Palmerston
19 Rutherford Birchard Hayes Richard Fosbury
20 James Abram Garfield Farmer Giles
21 Chester Alan Arthur Arthur Ashe
22 Grover Cleveland Rod Laver
23 Benjamin Harrison Nina Simone
24 Grover Cleveland Rod Laver
25 William McKinley Wankel
26 Theodore Roosevelt Ethelred
27 William Howard Taft Mata Hari
28 Woodrow Wilson Orson W
29 Warren Gamaliel Harding Ring Lardner
30 Calvin Coolidge Giovanelli
31 Herbert Clark Hoover Robert Koch
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Karl Landstemer
33 Harry S Truman US Army
34 Dwight David Eisenhower David Gerstein
35 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Lyn Nofziger
36 Lyndon Baines Johnson John Lennon
37 Richard Milhous Nixon Coriolanus
38 Gerald Rudolph Ford Al Gore
39 James Earl Carter J Le Cane
40 Ronald Wilson Reagan Will Rogers
41 George Herbert Walker Bush Teresa Brewer
42 William Jefferson Clinton Jose Feliciano
43 George Walker Bush Breughel
44 Hillary Rodham Clinton Lady Hamilton
Barack Hussein Obama Hosni Mubarak
John Sidney McCain Nina Simone
Variation on a Theme of Francis Jeremiah Farrell [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Missing Persons Steve Kahan 1. BALSAM balsam (bôl`səm), fragrant resin obtained from various trees. The true balsams are semisolid and insoluble in water, but they are soluble in alcohol and partly so in hydrocarbons. / SAME 2. BILES / LESSON 3. CARAMEL / MELT 4. DIVAN / VANE 5. ENSUE / SUED 6. FLANKEN flan·ken n. 1. A cut of meat taken from the short ribs of beef. 2. A dish prepared from this cut of beef by boiling or stewing, often served with horseradish. / KENNEL 7. FORMAL / MALT 8. FLEE / LEERY 9. GNAT gnat, common name for any one of a number of small, fragile-looking two-winged flies of the suborder Nematocera, order Diptera, which includes the families Tipulidae (crane flies), Bibionidae (hairflies), Ceratopogonidae (biting midges), Chironomidae (true midges), / NATIVE 10. GUAVA / AVAST a·vast interj. Nautical Used as a command to stop or desist. [From Middle Dutch hou vast, hold fast : hou, houd, imperative of houden, to hold + vast 11. LOCAL / CALVES 12. MORAY / RAYON 13. NAVAL / VALVE 14. OKAY / KAYAK 15. PARASOL / SOLDER 16. QUART / ARTERY 17. REPRIEVE / EVENT 18. SCROD scrod: see cod. scrod Young fish (as a cod or haddock), especially one split and boned for cooking. The origin of the term is not known for certain, but it is thought to come from an Old Dutch word meaning “to shred. / RODENT 19. SEDAN / DANDER dander /dan·der/ (dan´der) small scales from the hair or feathers of animals, which may be a cause of allergy in sensitive persons. dan·der n. 20. SCAM / CAMERA 21. SLUM / LUMPED 22. SPOUSAL / SALT 23. SPURTED / TEDIOUS 24. SPAT / PATTERN 25. SUMAC / MACING 26. TENDON / DONOR 27. THROB / ROBIN 28. VICTIM / TIME 29. WISDOM / DOME 30. WOOLEN / LENS Urban Renewal Steve Kahan 1. a r c h i p e L A G 0 S (Nigeria) 2. b R I G A d i e r (Latvia) 3. c a B E R N e t (Switzerland) 4. c o m P A R I S o n (France) 5. c o r N I C E (France) 6. c L I M A x (Peru) 7. d e c A D E N t (Yemen) 8. d i A G R A m (India) 9. C O L O N e l (Panama) 10. B O N N e t (Germany) 11. e x h A U S T I N g (United States) 12. h e A T H E N S (Greece) 13. h y P E R T H e r m i a (Australia) 14. m o s Q U I T O (Ecuador) 15. n a U T I C A 1 (United States) 16. o p p o r T U N I S t (Tunisia) 17. p R O M E n a d e (Italy) 18. T E M P E r a t u r e (United States) 19. s a b B A T H (England) 20. C O R K s c r e w (Ireland) 21. s N A P L E S s (Italy) 22. t i m B E R L I N e (Germany) 23. t O M A H A w k (United States) 24. t r a V A I L (United States) 25. R E N O w n (United States) Fibonacci Words: "Howl, Sex Orgy Poet!" Anil "Beg crum, fag, rum, Gov." [beggar] Sex orgy man: "I've joy kit, howl, jis." [libertine] "Vie? Cor, cad sat, ZZZ!" [non-striver ("the cad!")] "Gip, lug, lam, sib." ["Family" member giving crime instruction.] "Dim tic." "How, Gub?" "Sun, yon ria." [For nerves, sunbake on the rugged shoreline.] "Tau? Zee? Soh? Uni web." [academic of note, a man of letters man of letters n. pl. men of letters A man who is devoted to literary or scholarly pursuits. Noun 1. man of letters - a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities (trilingual--Gk., US, OZ [uni])] "Jis! Zoo cade owl!" [Jeez! Don't try to hand-rear that orphan owl at home, zoo it!" (nonce (Number ONCE) An arbitrary number that is generated for security purposes such as an initialization vector. A nonce is used only one time in any security session. Although random and pseudo-random numbers theoretically produce unique numbers, there is the possibility that verb)] "Wax otic, waxy poet, gel, hem mob." [orator 'Otic' (nonce usage) implies for the crowd's ears.] |
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