The Magic Cafe Forums - 20 Questions . . . and 25 Answers!

Instructions:
Here's a test of your word expertise. The answer to each of the 20 questions below is one of the 25 words given in the answer section. Each answer is used once and only once. When all the clues have been answered, the five remaining words can be arranged to form a comment by sportswriter Roger Kahn.

Answers:
RACING
RAZE
EDGES
BASS
LONELY
TAXES
PLAGUE
HORSE
SATES
SUPERSEDE
BRAVEST
FORESTALL
IS
HORSESHOER
FESTIVAL
HANKY
ROULETTE
COBRA
EVERYTHING
CONSERVE
ANIMATED
CONKING
REMINISCENT
STENCH
CORONER

Questions:
Which word . . .
1. . . . is concealed in the first sentence of the instructions?
2. . . . can have two different meanings, depending on its pronounciation?
3. . . . is an anagram of a state's name?
4. . . . consists solely of letters written in three straight strokes?
5. . . . would sound like the name of a famous movie if you said its second syllable first?
6. . . . would become a new word if a Q were substituted for one of its letters?
7. . . . has every letter in it exactly twice?
8. . . . would spell the name of a headache remedy if you put the letter T at the end and reversed it?
9. . . . consists of the name of two consecutive articles of clothing?
10. . . . would become a new word if you changed its R's to L's?
11. . . . would form a word meaning "binge" if you crossed out every other letter?
12. . . . would form a synonym of itself if you dropped its last letter and rearranged the remainder?
13. . . . would become a new word if you interchanged its fourth and seventh letters?
14. . . . completes this sentence in a punny way: "Hurricane Hugo _______ the beachfront homeowners to flee."?
15. . . . sounds the same as a word that means its opposite?
16. . . . consists of a word meaning "60's dresses" inside "up-to-date"?
17. . . . would become a phrase meaning "emaciated" if you dropped its first and last letters?
18. . . . contains the letters of five consecutive chemical symbols (aluminum, iron, sulfur, titanium, and vanadium, not necessarily in that order)?
19. . . . would become the name of a famous person if you shifted each of its letters three letters down the alphabet?
20. . . . is an anagram of the last letters of the other remaining five words?

Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts	Posted: Jun 26, 2004 04:18 am 0 Instructions: Here's a test of your word expertise. The answer to each of the 20 questions below is one of the 25 words given in the answer section. Each answer is used once and only once. When all the clues have been answered, the five remaining words can be arranged to form a comment by sportswriter Roger Kahn. Answers: RACING RAZE EDGES BASS LONELY TAXES PLAGUE HORSE SATES SUPERSEDE BRAVEST FORESTALL IS HORSESHOER FESTIVAL HANKY ROULETTE COBRA EVERYTHING CONSERVE ANIMATED CONKING REMINISCENT STENCH CORONER Questions: Which word . . . 1. . . . is concealed in the first sentence of the instructions? 2. . . . can have two different meanings, depending on its pronounciation? 3. . . . is an anagram of a state's name? 4. . . . consists solely of letters written in three straight strokes? 5. . . . would sound like the name of a famous movie if you said its second syllable first? 6. . . . would become a new word if a Q were substituted for one of its letters? 7. . . . has every letter in it exactly twice? 8. . . . would spell the name of a headache remedy if you put the letter T at the end and reversed it? 9. . . . consists of the name of two consecutive articles of clothing? 10. . . . would become a new word if you changed its R's to L's? 11. . . . would form a word meaning "binge" if you crossed out every other letter? 12. . . . would form a synonym of itself if you dropped its last letter and rearranged the remainder? 13. . . . would become a new word if you interchanged its fourth and seventh letters? 14. . . . completes this sentence in a punny way: "Hurricane Hugo _______ the beachfront homeowners to flee."? 15. . . . sounds the same as a word that means its opposite? 16. . . . consists of a word meaning "60's dresses" inside "up-to-date"? 17. . . . would become a phrase meaning "emaciated" if you dropped its first and last letters? 18. . . . contains the letters of five consecutive chemical symbols (aluminum, iron, sulfur, titanium, and vanadium, not necessarily in that order)? 19. . . . would become the name of a famous person if you shifted each of its letters three letters down the alphabet? 20. . . . is an anagram of the last letters of the other remaining five words? Grey Matters:Blog\|Videos\|Mental Gym\|Presentation\|Store
pxs Loyal user London 284 Posts	Posted: Jun 26, 2004 09:46 pm 0 1. Sates 2. Bass 3. Taxes 4. Hanky 5. Conking 6. Plague 7. Horseshoer 8. Cobra (?) 9. Bravest 10. Coroner 11. Supersede 12. Stench 13. Conserve 14. Forestall 15. Raze 16. Reminiscent 17. Everything 18. Festival 19. Lonely (?) 20. Edges "Horse racing is animated roulette"
rden New user Sugar Land, Texas 75 Posts	Posted: Jun 26, 2004 11:25 pm 0 8. Lonely (Tylenol)
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