The ditloids are back in town for another go since you have proven it's the most popular puzzle.
Back in November the Equation Anaylsis Test became almost the only post that readers seem to be responding to. So, I finally took the hint. I've gotten a few emails on some equations and decided to post these along with a few of my own.
Keep those emails coming. If you want to see those answers before the questions...God Bless.
a. 3 = L.M. from S. are W.
b. 9 = B.S.
c. 23 = S.
d. 1.5 = O. of A. in a S.
e. 9 = C. in a N.Z.C
f. 1,000,000 = A. on a P.H.
g. 5 = B. of N.Y.
h. 3 = C. in a M.
i. 1/3 S. of J.D. + 1/3 S. of J.B. + 1/3 S. of J.W. = T.W.M.
Thanks to Jean of Iowa for half of the above puzzles.
And of course, thanks to Will Shortz, who brought us these word puzzles way back in the day. I wouldn't be surprised if Futurama has it right, that the heads of all of our current (and future leaders) will be preserved in containers so that when the body grows old, the mind can live on (count Shortz as one of the lucky decapitated).
Trivia will never die though, that's a fact. People have to keep their mind sharp or else we will go the way of one certain family on the Family Feud. The game was forced into Round 5, Sudden Death where only the number one answer is on the board. John O'Hurley (Seinfeld's Peterman) asked, "What is an animal that is afraid to leave it's shell?"
The woman that buzzed in first, got caught up, revealing she buzzed in only to prevent a win. Stumbling, she finally gives, sawfish. Sawfish, the most obscure animal one could probably think of, especially for one that doesn't have a shell. I am not putting her down, since there was a huge amount of pressure, but rather, I want to know what this woman was thinking. How does your brain tell you to say sawfish?
I'll have to hunt that woman down. Anyone with information on her whereabouts, please email me at gamestrivia@suite101.com. Thank you. In the meantime, keep on the look out for thunder storms, jack rabbits, breakfast burritos, Camptown Races, George of the Jungle, a VHS from 1990, Post-It notes, empty picture frames, telephone poles, polluted water, breakdancing clowns, dead spiders, chocolate chip scented candles, little brown computers, dust bunnies, and anything else that makes you smile.
