var ep=new Array();
var ep0=new Array();
var ep1=new Array();
var ep2=new Array();
var ep3=new Array();
var ep4=new Array();
var ep5=new Array();
var ep6=new Array();
var ep7=new Array();
var ep8=new Array();
var ep9=new Array();
var eps=new Array();
var epx=new Array();

ep[0]="Think family, and think physics. Think of a really smart guy with crazy looking hair. This didn't break any laws, but was moving in that direction... what the heck am I talking about?"
ep0[0]="The Tao of Physics"
ep1[0]="Yin and Yang"
ep2[0]="And still she moves"
ep3[0]="The Steam Engine"
ep4[0]="Brownian movement"
ep5[0]="The Theory of Relativity"
eps[0]=5
epx[0]="Answer: The Theory of Relativity. Hints being family for 'relative' in relativity, physics, Einstein, laws (a theory is a step below a law in \"concreteness,\" if you will)."

ep[1]="My first 4 letters indicate a disagreement, and if you add 1 letter to the end of my first 4 letters, but keep off the rest of me, you have a storm. I am a tool used in certain types of cooking. What am I?"
ep0[1]="spoon"
ep1[1]="utensil"
ep2[1]="grill"
ep3[1]="spatula"
ep4[1]="corkscrew"
ep5[1]="barbecue"
eps[1]=3
epx[1]="Answer: spatula"

ep[2]="I am a group that loves something. Remove my last 5 letters, and then add a space in what remains, plus 4 letters at the end, and you have a famous man who we lost too soon. What am I?"
ep0[2]="The Beatles"
ep1[2]="J.F. Kennedy"
ep2[2]="Led Zeppelin"
ep3[2]="Modern Lovers"
ep4[2]="philharmonic"
ep5[2]="Philantropics"
eps[2]=4
epx[2]="philharmonic. The person alluded to was Phil Hartman, one of the greatest comedians of all time."

ep[3]="Head Fry Chew Bait<br><br>Which of the 4 words above does not belong? Try to find the best answer."
ep0[3]="Bait"
ep1[3]="Chew"
ep2[3]="Fry"
ep3[3]="Head"
ep4[3]="Could be either Head or Bait"
ep5[3]="There is no answer"
eps[3]=1
epx[3]="CHEW. The others are associated with fish: fish head, fish fry, and fish bait."

ep[4]="A small number of you may know me from your travels, although nearly all of you have seen me from afar. Rake or and crate or are words that have been associated with me. What am I?"
ep0[4]="Egypt"
ep1[4]="moon"
ep2[4]="mirage"
ep3[4]="Milky Way"
ep4[4]="a cloud"
ep5[4]="Arizona"
eps[4]=1
epx[4]="moon. \"Rake or and crate or\" were references to raker (as in the word and movie title Moonraker) and crater."

ep[5]="2 words are given below. The answer is a SYNONYM of the first word given, or is a TYPE of the first word given, and RHYMES with the next word given. Example:<br><br>scuffle / bite<br><br>The answer is FIGHT. Now try this:<br><br>cereal / storage"
ep0[5]="shortage"
ep1[5]="marriage"
ep2[5]="dotage"
ep3[5]="carriage"
ep4[5]="porridge"
ep5[5]="mortgage"
eps[5]=4
epx[5]="porridge"

ep[6]="In what elevated place can you find talented felines?"
ep0[6]="The Rocky Mountains"
ep1[6]="The Catskill Mountains"
ep2[6]="Catalonia"
ep3[6]="Academy of Performing Arts (fifth floor)"
ep4[6]="The Eiffel Tower"
ep5[6]="A Hot Tin Roof"
eps[6]=1
epx[6]="The Catskill (cat-skill) Mountains, of course."

ep[7]="I am what you might call someone who greatly covets money. The first third of me indicates a style of music. What am I?"
ep0[7]="millionaire"
ep1[7]="rapacious"
ep2[7]="Rockefeller"
ep3[7]="well to do"
ep4[7]="rockabilly"
ep5[7]="Wall Street Shuffle"
eps[7]=1
epx[7]="Answer and Explanation: rapacious. You'll see that the first 1/3 (3 letters of 9) spell out \"rap.\""

ep[8]="What word does the following suggest? Look for the BEST answer:<br><br>\"Yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda 4, yadda yadda yadda yadda.\""
ep0[8]="gibberish"
ep1[8]="four-on-the-floor"
ep2[8]="Yabba-dabba-doo!"
ep3[8]="hereafter"
ep4[8]="forty-nine"
ep5[8]="aforementioned"
eps[8]=5
epx[8]="aforementioned. Had they been offered as answer choices, aforesaid or foretold would also be correct. The idea here is that while we can't know exactly what the person was talking about (i.e. \"yadda yadda yadda\"), we do know they mentioned, said, or told of a four. The word fore is a homophone of four."

ep[9]="Where can you rend a conservative person?"
ep0[9]="The White House"
ep1[9]="Under water"
ep2[9]="A territory"
ep3[9]="A timber factory"
ep4[9]="An airport"
ep5[9]="On the grass"
eps[9]=2
epx[9]="A territory (tear-a-tory)"

ep[10]="What herb will make a drink break into song?"
ep0[10]="Poison Ivy"
ep1[10]="Ginseng"
ep2[10]="Pepper"
ep3[10]="Herby Hancock"
ep4[10]="Cinnamon"
ep5[10]="Cow parsley"
eps[10]=1
epx[10]="Ginseng (gin-sing)"

ep[11]="Apple center dude is to Manticore as Strutting and speaking is to ?"
ep0[11]="Jabberwock"
ep1[11]="Wheelchair"
ep2[11]="Walkie talkie"
ep3[11]="Mantovani"
ep4[11]="Microphone"
ep5[11]="Crutches and leaping"
eps[11]=0
epx[11]="Jabberwock or Jabberwocky. Lewis Carroll wrote of the Jabberwock/y and you can find his work at http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html A Manticore is a mythological creature, and a Jabberwock is at least a fictional or mythical creature if not a mythological one. I received walkie talkie and a few other answers, but they lacked the \"creature\" aspect you get from Manticore and Jabberwock, or did not adequately use \"Strutting and speaking\" in the names or words."

ep[12]="Nero crab roof Devil<br><br>The 4 words above have a word in common. What is the word?"
ep0[12]="Rome"
ep1[12]="Cat"
ep2[12]="Lobster"
ep3[12]="Fire"
ep4[12]="Fiddle"
ep5[12]="Hot"
eps[12]=4
epx[12]="Fiddle or fiddler."

ep[13]="HOMOPHONETICS 101<br><br>Determine which 2 words are used in the following problem that sound very similar, but are different in spelling and meaning.<br><br>A public walk or a hammer"
ep0[13]="Road and rode"
ep1[13]="Path and math"
ep2[13]="Mall and maul"
ep3[13]="Rink and ring"
ep4[13]="Fetch and sledge"
ep5[13]="Pavement and basement"
eps[13]=2
epx[13]="Mall and maul"

ep[14]="HOMOPHONETICS 101<br><br>Determine which 2 words are used in the following problem that sound very similar, but are different in spelling and meaning.<br><br>Solid masonry or a match"
ep0[14]="Raise and race"
ep1[14]="Lied and light"
ep2[14]="Wall and call"
ep3[14]="Came and game"
ep4[14]="Brick and prick"
ep5[14]="Pier and peer"
eps[14]=5
epx[14]="Pier and peer"

ep[15]="HOMOPHONETICS 101<br><br>Determine which 2 words are used in the following problem that sound very similar, but are different in spelling and meaning.<br><br>A device for separating light rays or an amorous drink"
ep0[15]="Filter and philter"
ep1[15]="Prisma and Parisma"
ep2[15]="Portion and potion"
ep3[15]="Camera and chimera"
ep4[15]="Clypso and calypso"
ep5[15]="Colada and Acolada"
eps[15]=0
epx[15]="Filter and philter or philtre. The definition of philter is technically \"love potion,\" but \"amorous drink\" was used to make this one a little tougher."

ep[16]="Not Riggs, and not an opponent of Superman, take me on a checkered board if you can. It is only my 3rd year in college... can you tell me who I am?"
ep0[16]="Sammy Davis Jr."
ep1[16]="Martin Pawn"
ep2[16]="The Joker"
ep3[16]="John Steed"
ep4[16]="Alice in Wonderland"
ep5[16]="Martin Luther King Jr."
eps[16]=5
epx[16]="The answer is Martin (i.e. Riggs in the Lethal Weapon movies) Luther (as in Lex Luther, enemy of Superman) King (the objective to \"take\" on a chess board, which is checkered), Jr. (the traditional name for one's status in a third year of college)."

ep[17]="While not last, we're almost there. Be sure that you're not out of ink when you write my 11 letters. What am I?"
ep0[17]="penultimate"
ep1[17]="alphabetize"
ep2[17]="wrongdoings"
ep3[17]="fountain pen"
ep4[17]="typewriter"
ep5[17]="laser printer"
eps[17]=0
epx[17]="penultimate. As in <a href=\"http://www.puzz.com/ultimate.html\">The Penultimate I.Q. Challenge</a> (not that that title means anything, as one site visitor recently pointed out :-) This puzzle was too easy. Today's may be a little tougher."

ep[18]="While Abcdefgh may in fact satisfy, a abcdefghijk is a cutting weapon. What 2 things am I talking about?"
ep0[18]="Mollusks and molluskssaw"
ep1[18]="Garden work and scythe"
ep2[18]="Snickers and snickersnee"
ep3[18]="Humor and irony"
ep4[18]="Bread and breadknife"
ep5[18]="Ice cream and ice pick"
eps[18]=2
epx[18]="Snickers and snickersnee."

ep[19]="the proper shape and size for = keep self busy in an aimless way<br><br>What well known saying is synonymously suggested by the above?"
ep0[19]="Once bitten, twice shy"
ep1[19]="Fit for a queen"
ep2[19]="Alive and kicking"
ep3[19]="To bite off more than one can chew"
ep4[19]="To get kicked in the teeth"
ep5[19]="Fit as a fiddle"
eps[19]=5
epx[19]="Fit as a fiddle."

ep[20]="A disguise, not a magician<br><br>What word am I talking about?"
ep0[20]="Tarot"
ep1[20]="Mask"
ep2[20]="Veil"
ep3[20]="Shaman"
ep4[20]="Wand"
ep5[20]="Vizard"
eps[20]=5
epx[20]="Vizard (play on the word wizard, a synonym of magician)"

ep[21]="Relates to word usage, not the IRS penalizing you for doing wrong<br><br>What word am I talking about?"
ep0[21]="taxi"
ep1[21]="grammar"
ep2[21]="language"
ep3[21]="tax"
ep4[21]="syntax"
ep5[21]="fine"
eps[21]=4
epx[21]="syntax (sin + tax)"

ep[22]="Like leather, and not related to Mr. Feldman<br><br>What word am I talking about?"
ep0[22]="suede"
ep1[22]="skinner"
ep2[22]="coriaceous"
ep3[22]="felt"
ep4[22]="imitation leather"
ep5[22]="leathery"
eps[22]=2
epx[22]="coriaceous (play on the name of actor Corey Feldman)"

ep[23]="I wear a mask, and I like to eat. I'm no Wimp, but you have the right idea. Who am I?"
ep0[23]="Zorro"
ep1[23]="Hamburglar"
ep2[23]="Frankfurter"
ep3[23]="Superman"
ep4[23]="Roseanne"
ep5[23]="Hot Dog"
eps[23]=1
epx[23]="Hamburglar. The \"Wimp\" hint related to Wimpy from Popeye, who also likes hamburgers."

ep[24]="clgeky bctgac<br><br>What is written above?"
ep0[24]="Riddle makers"
ep1[24]="No one solves"
ep2[24]="Clergy member"
ep3[24]="Random letter"
ep4[24]="Bill F Bultas"
ep5[24]="Enigma device"
eps[24]=5
epx[24]="Enigma device. This was a machine used during World War II to encipher messages. There are books written about it (and those who eventually \"cracked\" it), and at least one recent movie relating to it. To find the word, move each letter in the code I gave you two spaces up the alphabet. C becomes e, l becomes n, etc. As one heckler :-) noted when sending in his answer, the Allies had to crack much harder codes than this one."

ep[25]="scrape is to raspberry as mature is to ?"
ep0[25]="strawberry"
ep1[25]="old age"
ep2[25]="blueberry"
ep3[25]="elderberry"
ep4[25]="scratch"
ep5[25]="ripe"
eps[25]=3
epx[25]="elderberry. A rasp is a scrape, and an elder is mature."

ep[26]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Two numbers are given after the hints. The first number is the number of letters in the first word, and the second number is the number of letters in the second word.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others. (6,5)<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>She used fibers from the rope in sewing the edge of the coat. (4,3)"
ep0[26]="coat & cat"
ep1[26]="hemp & hem"
ep2[26]="pins & pin"
ep3[26]="rope & ore"
eps[26]=1
epx[26]="hemp & hem"

ep[27]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>He tried to hold on to the mountain of spaghetti, but it felt like it weighed thousands of pounds."
ep0[27]="meat & eat"
ep1[27]="food & foo"
ep2[27]="snow & now"
ep3[27]="tong & ton"
ep4[27]="sling & ling"
ep5[27]="glove & gove"
eps[27]=3
epx[27]="tong & ton"

ep[28]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Two numbers are given after the hints. The first number is the number of letters in the first word, and the second number is the number of letters in the second word.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others. (6,5)<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>The small man swatted the tiny fly. (6,5)"
ep0[28]="midget and midge"
ep1[28]="simple and smile"
ep2[28]="geezer and graze"
ep3[28]="fellow and wolfe"
eps[28]=0
epx[28]="midget and midge"

ep[29]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>They cremated the body, and placed the ashes in a vase."
ep0[29]="fire and fir"
ep1[29]="vase and sea"
ep2[29]="case and sea"
ep3[29]="burn and urn"
ep4[29]="wish and his"
ep5[29]="turn and run"
eps[29]=3
epx[29]="burn and urn"

ep[30]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>Thinking his firing was an inevitable outcome, he moved very slowly toward his supervisor's office."
ep0[30]="steep and step"
ep1[30]="rifle and rife"
ep2[30]="bullet and bulle"
ep3[30]="twist and twit"
ep4[30]="cinch and inch"
ep5[30]="skill and kill"
eps[30]=4
epx[30]="cinch and inch"

ep[31]="Letter Removal Teaser<br><br>I'll give you hints at two words. The second word hinted at is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed.<br><br>Example: They all taste great, but you like one more than the others.<br><br>Answers: FLAVOR and FAVOR.<br><br>The sound gave the band just the right punch."
ep0[31]="oompah and oomph"
ep1[31]="kaboom and k'boom"
ep2[31]="scales and scale"
ep3[31]="spunch and punch"
ep4[31]="blast and blat"
ep5[31]="noise and nose"
eps[31]=0
epx[31]="oompah and oomph"

ep[32]="A word is given, and then in parentheses, a number of dashes equal to the number of letters in the answer. The answer is a SYNONYM of the first word given, or is a TYPE of the first word given, and RHYMES with the next word given. Example:<br><br>scuffle (-----) bite<br><br>The answer is FIGHT. Now try this:<br><br>box (-----) vest"
ep0[32]="crest"
ep1[32]="wrest"
ep2[32]="blest"
ep3[32]="trest"
ep4[32]="drest"
ep5[32]="chest"
eps[32]=5
epx[32]="chest"

ep[33]="A word is given, and then in parentheses, a number of dashes equal to the number of letters in the answer. The answer is a SYNONYM of the first word given, or is a TYPE of the first word given, and RHYMES with the next word given. Example:<br><br>scuffle (-----) bite<br><br>The answer is FIGHT. Now try this:<br><br>plunder (-------) village"
ep0[33]="steal"
ep1[33]="pillage"
ep2[33]="rob"
ep3[33]="town"
ep4[33]="milage"
ep5[33]="cartilage"
eps[33]=1
epx[33]="pillage"

ep[34]="A word is given, and then in parentheses, a number of dashes equal to the number of letters in the answer. The answer is a SYNONYM of the first word given, or is a TYPE of the first word given, and RHYMES with the next word given. Example:<br><br>scuffle (-----) bite<br><br>The answer is FIGHT. Now try this:<br><br>spirit (-----) pool"
ep0[34]="soul"
ep1[34]="ghost"
ep2[34]="ghoul"
ep3[34]="fool"
ep4[34]="wool"
ep5[34]="cruel"
eps[34]=2
epx[34]="ghoul"

ep[35]="Celebrity Synonymous Silliness<br><br>Decide what famous person's name is suggested:<br><br>2 foot tall bus operator"
ep0[35]="Minnie Driver"
ep1[35]="Lolo Ferrari"
ep2[35]="Van Morrison"
ep3[35]="Danny DeVito"
ep4[35]="Dennis Hopper"
ep5[35]="Busty Springfield"
eps[35]=0
epx[35]="Minnie (mini) Driver"

ep[36]="Celebrity Synonymous Silliness<br><br>Decide what famous person's name is suggested:<br><br>Memphis Bill's"
ep0[36]="Elvis Presley"
ep1[36]="Venus Williams"
ep2[36]="Bill Clinton"
ep3[36]="Billy the Kid"
ep4[36]="Miami Steve"
ep5[36]="Tennessee Williams"
eps[36]=5
epx[36]="Tennessee Williams"

ep[37]="Celebrity Synonymous Silliness<br><br>Decide what famous person's name is suggested:<br><br>\"cannot tell a lie,\" upside down M, shrub"
ep0[37]="John F. Kennedy"
ep1[37]="John Cleese"
ep2[37]="Kate Bush"
ep3[37]="George W. Bush"
ep4[37]="Paul A.J.W. Cooijmans"
ep5[37]="George Washington"
eps[37]=3
epx[37]="George W. Bush - George Washington supposedly said \"I cannot tell a lie\" when he was young and had tried to cut down a cherry tree, upside down M would be a W, and the words shrub and bush are synonyms."

ep[38]="Remove my last letter, and you have a type of worker. I am the action of trying to get someone to do something wrong. What am I?"
ep0[38]="seduce"
ep1[38]="mislead"
ep2[38]="miner"
ep3[38]="tempt"
ep4[38]="fool"
ep5[38]="driver"
eps[38]=3
epx[38]="tempt"

ep[39]="What word is suggested by the following?<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; P<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; O<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; O<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; R"
ep0[39]="rich"
ep1[39]="downpour"
ep2[39]="rope"
ep3[39]="pore"
ep4[39]="proverb"
ep5[39]="peer"
eps[39]=1
epx[39]="downpour"

ep[40]="What words or names are alluded to below that sound the same but are spelled differently?<br><br>Writing implement & State University"
ep0[40]="INK and INC."
ep1[40]="CHALK and CHAWK"
ep2[40]="PEN and PENN"
ep3[40]="ROD and RODD"
ep4[40]="PENCIL and PENNSYL"
ep5[40]="BRUSH and BRUSS"
eps[40]=2
epx[40]="PEN and PENN"

ep[41]="Determine which word or name is alluded to:<br><br>A squid that requests that you phone Mr. Povich"
ep0[41]="octopus"
ep1[41]="octopussy"
ep2[41]="calpovich"
ep3[41]="callpofish"
ep4[41]="founpofish"
ep5[41]="calamari"
eps[41]=5
epx[41]="calamari (also spelled calamary, but this wasn't one of the answer choices). It is pronounced somewhat like 'call Maury' as in Maury Povich."

ep[42]="Determine which word or name is alluded to:<br><br>An evil southpaw"
ep0[42]="sinister"
ep1[42]="cack-handed"
ep2[42]="devil"
ep3[42]="beelzebub"
ep4[42]="claw"
ep5[42]="satan"
eps[42]=0
epx[42]="sinister (sinistral would also be accepted, but is not one of the answer choices here). In addition to sinister's better known meaning, it also means 'on the left side' or 'left'. A southpaw is left-handed or favoring the left hand."

ep[43]="Replace the dashes with a 4 letter word that creates a new word when added to the end of the first 2 letters shown, and another word when placed in front of the last 3 letters shown:<br><br>DE----END<br><br>EXAMPLE: SHIN---GING - The answer is DIG, which creates SHINDIG and DIGGING."
ep0[43]="week"
ep1[43]="fine"
ep2[43]="rive"
ep3[43]="ride"
ep4[43]="part"
ep5[43]="port"
eps[43]=5
epx[43]="port. The words are DEPORT and PORTEND."

ep[44]="If a gray cube has one side painted white, exactly one color pattern is formed. Regardless of which side was painted, the cube could be rotated to reproduce the same pattern. The same is true if one side is painted black and all of the other sides are unpainted. How many different patterns are possible if one side is painted white, and another side is painted black?"
ep0[44]="one"
ep1[44]="two"
ep2[44]="three"
ep3[44]="four"
ep4[44]="five"
ep5[44]="six"
eps[44]=1
epx[44]="two. One pattern has the two bordering one another, and the other pattern is with them on opposite sides of the cube."

ep[45]="4 items are given that are each related to a word or thing not listed. The 5th item listed has no such relationship. Decide which item does not belong with the others:<br><br>barber force chief donut car"
ep0[45]="barber"
ep1[45]="force"
ep2[45]="chief"
ep3[45]="donut"
ep4[45]="car"
eps[45]=0
epx[45]="barber. The others are related to the word \"police.\" And don't think that I'm being derogatory by throwing in the \"donut\" item. Law enforcement personnel are grossly underpaid for the dangerous and extremely necessary work they do for us. Having said that, I have noted many police officers at donut shops over the years, although I think it is mostly because of the fact that many of the places are open late at night vs. other establishments that they would otherwise take breaks at."

ep[46]="Determine what term or saying is suggested by the following problem, and look for the BEST answers. You must get both of the following right to be entered to win:<br><br>goal goal goal goal goal goal goal goal goal goal"
ep0[46]="football is war"
ep1[46]="three strikes and your're out"
ep2[46]="count to ten"
ep3[46]="goal line"
ep4[46]="fifteen love"
ep5[46]="final destiny"
eps[46]=3
epx[46]="goal line"

ep[47]="Determine what term or saying is suggested by the following problem, and look for the BEST answer.<br><br><table><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>(you are here)</td></tr><tr><td>the call of duty</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table>"
ep0[47]="To heat a call"
ep1[47]="I hear you calling"
ep2[47]="Killroy was here"
ep3[47]="Duty call"
ep4[47]="Above and beyond the call of duty"
ep5[47]="To get drafted"
eps[47]=4
epx[47]="Above and beyond the call of duty"

ep[48]="Odd One Out Teaser - Choose the item that does not belong with the others, and guess if you are not sure. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[48]="ROSH HASHANAH"
ep1[48]="YOM KIPPUR"
ep2[48]="HANUKKAH"
ep3[48]="RAMADAN"
eps[48]=3
epx[48]="ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR HANUKKAH RAMADAN = RAMADAN. This is an Islamic holiday, and the others are Jewish holidays."

ep[49]="Odd One Out Teaser - Choose the item that does not belong with the others, and guess if you are not sure. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[49]="Olympus"
ep1[49]="Euphrates"
ep2[49]="Nile"
ep3[49]="Missouri"
eps[49]=0
epx[49]="Olympus Euphrates Nile Missouri = Olympus. This is a mountain, while the others are the names of rivers."

ep[50]="Odd One Out Teaser - Choose the item that does not belong with the others, and guess if you are not sure. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[50]="Douglas"
ep1[50]="Jackson"
ep2[50]="Jordan"
ep3[50]="Donahue"
eps[50]=3
epx[50]="Douglas Jackson Jordan Donahue = Donahue. The other 3 are very famous people with the first name of Michael."

ep[51]="Odd One Out Teaser - Choose the item that does not belong with the others, and guess if you are not sure. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[51]="Square"
ep1[51]="Tetrahedron"
ep2[51]="Quadrilateral"
ep3[51]="Rectangle"
eps[51]=1
epx[51]="Square Tetrahedron Quadrilateral Rectangle = Tetrahedron. The others are 2 dimensional, 4 sided shapes, while a tetrahedron is a 3 dimensional, 4 sided shape."

ep[52]="Odd One Out Teaser - Choose the item that does not belong with the others, and guess if you are not sure. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[52]="6D"
ep1[52]="4B"
ep2[52]="23V"
ep3[52]="25W"
eps[52]=2
epx[52]="6D 4B 23V 25W = 23V. The number of each item is 2 above the number representing the order of each letter in the alphabet. D is 4th in the alphabet, so it has a 6 before it, B is 2nd in the alphabet, and has a 4 before it; V is 22nd in the alphabet, and should have a 24 before it."

ep[53]="Open-Ended Analogy - Decide what word or name should replace the ? in each problem. Look for the BEST answer.<br><br>Coconut is to Pecan as Cake is to ?"
ep0[53]="Ice"
ep1[53]="Pie"
ep2[53]="Nuts"
ep3[53]="Pudding"
ep4[53]="Pelican"
ep5[53]="Cream"
eps[53]=1
epx[53]="Pie. Coconut cake and pecan pie are common desserts."

ep[54]="Open-Ended Analogy - Decide what word or name should replace the ? in each problem. Look for the BEST answer.<br><br>Gehrig is to Lou as Ferrigno is to ?"
ep0[54]="Joe"
ep1[54]="Simon"
ep2[54]="John"
ep3[54]="Sue"
ep4[54]="Jeff"
ep5[54]="Lou"
eps[54]=5
epx[54]="Lou. Lou Gehrig and Lou Ferrigno are both well known people."

ep[55]="Open-Ended Analogy - Decide what word or name should replace the ? in each problem. Look for the BEST answer.<br><br>Plants is to Horticulture as Grapes is to ?"
ep0[55]="Winiculture"
ep1[55]="Graiculture"
ep2[55]="Bioculture"
ep3[55]="Viticulture"
ep4[55]="Planiculture"
ep5[55]="Horticulture"
eps[55]=3
epx[55]="Viticulture. Horticulture is a science associated with plants, and viticulture is a science associated with grapes (for wine making)."

ep[56]="I am a type of storm. My last 5 letters are what was done to create an ewe named Dolly. What am I?"
ep0[56]="HURRICANE"
ep1[56]="MONSOON"
ep2[56]="CYCLONE"
ep3[56]="TORNADO"
ep4[56]="BREEZE"
ep5[56]="FÖHN"
eps[56]=2
epx[56]="CYCLONE"

ep[57]="Replace my 5th letter with my last letter, then remove the last 4 letters, and you have a word meaning \"silent.\" I mean \"tranquil.\" What am I?"
ep0[57]="EASY"
ep1[57]="QUIET"
ep2[57]="SILENCE"
ep3[57]="REST"
ep4[57]="QUIESCENT"
ep5[57]="TRANCE"
eps[57]=4
epx[57]="QUIESCENT"

ep[58]="I am a female's first name, and have 5 letters, the first being toward the end of the alphabet, and the last being at the beginning. TV characters with my name have had last names relating to pebbles, and to deer. What am I?"
ep0[58]="EVITA"
ep1[58]="SONIA"
ep2[58]="LAYLA"
ep3[58]="WILMA"
ep4[58]="ANNIE"
ep5[58]="SUSIE"
eps[58]=3
epx[58]="WILMA. The references were to Wilma Flintstone and Wilma Deering (from Buck Rogers)."

ep[59]="This problem conceals the name of a movie. Look for synonyms & miscellaneous word play to find the distorted title.<br><br>Example: Sidereal Battles<br><br>The answer is STAR WARS.<br><br>Mother Most Dear"
ep0[59]="MOMMIE DEAREST"
ep1[59]="DEER HUNTER"
ep2[59]="GOOD WILL HUNTTING"
ep3[59]="MOTHER'S FINEST"
ep4[59]="MA BAKER"
ep5[59]="MOTHER"
eps[59]=0
epx[59]="MOMMIE DEAREST"

ep[60]="This problem conceals the name of a movie. Look for synonyms & miscellaneous word play to find the distorted title.<br><br>Example: Sidereal Battles<br><br>The answer is STAR WARS.<br><br>Tangos With Large Carnivorous Canines"
ep0[60]="CATS"
ep1[60]="A CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF"
ep2[60]="DEER HUNTER"
ep3[60]="TOM AND JERRY"
ep4[60]="DIRTY DANCING"
ep5[60]="DANCES WITH WOLVES"
eps[60]=5
epx[60]="DANCES WITH WOLVES"

ep[61]="This problem conceals the name of a movie. Look for synonyms & miscellaneous word play to find the distorted title.<br><br>Example: Sidereal Battles<br><br>The answer is STAR WARS.<br><br>Soiled Joseph"
ep0[61]="DIRTY HARRY"
ep1[61]="DIRTY DANCING"
ep2[61]="JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT"
ep3[61]="ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES"
ep4[61]="JOE DIRT"
ep5[61]="HEY JOE"
eps[61]=4
epx[61]="JOE DIRT"

ep[62]="This problem conceals the name of a movie. Look for synonyms & miscellaneous word play to find the distorted title.<br><br>Example: Sidereal Battles<br><br>The answer is STAR WARS.<br><br>Room Barrier Avenue"
ep0[62]="A ROOM WITH A VIEW"
ep1[62]="IN THE WHITE ROOM"
ep2[62]="WALL STREET"
ep3[62]="THE GREAT BARRIER REEF"
ep4[62]="THE WALL"
ep5[62]="PENNY LANE"
eps[62]=2
epx[62]="WALL STREET"

ep[63]="I am a criminal. Remove my first letter, and I will embrace you. What am I?"
ep0[63]="thief"
ep1[63]="robber"
ep2[63]="crook"
ep3[63]="boa"
ep4[63]="thug"
ep5[63]="delinquent"
eps[63]=4
epx[63]="thug"

ep[64]="You can score 1-3 points with me. Read backward you have an expression of contempt & a mammal from children's literature."
ep0[64]="chess"
ep1[64]="test"
ep2[64]="basketball"
ep3[64]="ball"
ep4[64]="checkers"
ep5[64]="hoop"
eps[64]=5
epx[64]="hoop"

ep[65]="I am a type of bridge. Change my first letter, and you have something that you may have to do with this puzzle to solve it."
ep0[65]="pontoon"
ep1[65]="trestle"
ep2[65]="ferry"
ep3[65]="cards"
ep4[65]="overpass"
ep5[65]="flyover"
eps[65]=1
epx[65]="trestle. The other word was wrestle."

ep[66]="ODD ONE OUT PUZZLER<br><br>Decide what word or name does not belong with the others. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[66]="penurious"
ep1[66]="clarion"
ep2[66]="shrill"
eps[66]=0
epx[66]="penurious. The other 2 words relate to a high pitched sound."

ep[67]="ODD ONE OUT PUZZLER<br><br>Decide what word or name does not belong with the others. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[67]="parfait"
ep1[67]="chow"
ep2[67]="poodle"
ep3[67]="boxer"
ep4[67]="briard"
ep5[67]="maltese"
eps[67]=0
epx[67]="parfait. The others are breeds of dogs."

ep[68]="ODD ONE OUT PUZZLER<br><br>Decide what word or name does not belong with the others. Look for the BEST answer."
ep0[68]="wyvern"
ep1[68]="cockatrice"
ep2[68]="komodo"
ep3[68]="basilisk"
eps[68]=2
epx[68]="komodo. The other creatures are mythological, or are named after a creature from mythology."

ep[69]="I am the muse of love poetry, and my first 3 letters are a period of time. Who am I?"
ep0[69]="Agememnon"
ep1[69]="Daytona"
ep2[69]="Secundo"
ep3[69]="Erato"
ep4[69]="Decamerone"
ep5[69]="Museum"
eps[69]=3
epx[69]="Erato"

ep[70]="I am a famous philosopher. Change my first letter to a \"c,\" and you have a special vocabulary of a profession or class, such as thieves. Who am I?"
ep0[70]="Nietschze"
ep1[70]="Kant"
ep2[70]="Hegel"
ep3[70]="Plato"
ep4[70]="Schopenhaur"
ep5[70]="Sartre"
eps[70]=1
epx[70]="Kant. The other word referred to is cant."

ep[71]="I am the name of the love interest of a character in a novel by an author who fumed about the \"leveed Homo sapiens species,\" and am also the name of a famous former UK leader. What am I?"
ep0[71]="Blair"
ep1[71]="Churchill"
ep2[71]="Winston"
ep3[71]="Margaret"
ep4[71]="Tony"
ep5[71]="Thatcher"
eps[71]=5
epx[71]="Thatcher. The Thatchers referred to are Becky and Margaret. The novelist was Mark Twain, who wrote about \"the damned human race\" (he wasn't always as warm and fuzzy as you may have thought...)."

ep[72]="I am an actress, and have appeared in a movie with Garry Shandling. If you remove the first 3 letters and the last letter from my last name, you have a type of pin or a piece of wood. Who am I?"
ep0[72]="Andie MacDowell"
ep1[72]="Milla Jovovich"
ep2[72]="Lesley-Anne Down"
ep3[72]="Halle Berry"
ep4[72]="Angelina Jolie"
ep5[72]="Shania Twain"
eps[72]=0
epx[72]="Andie MacDowell"

ep[73]="Add a letter to the beginning of me, and then read me backwards, and you have a word that means \"to run away secretly with the intention of getting married.\" Someone resides at one of me - add a letter to the end of his last name, and you have a provision in a document. What am I?"
ep0[73]="Escape"
ep1[73]="House"
ep2[73]="Pole"
ep3[73]="Kidnap"
ep4[73]="Continent"
ep5[73]="Ocean"
eps[73]=2
epx[73]="pole/Pole. The other word referred to was elope."

ep[74]="Popular People Puzzler<br><br>Something noteworthy about a famous person is given in this problem, followed by the definition of a word. The definition that fits the word in the second part is one letter different from the name.<br><br>EXAMPLE: Invented the first mechanical adding machine; a scoundrel<br><br>The answers are Pascal and rascal<br><br>Early horror writer; A disease"
ep0[74]="Ile, ill"
ep1[74]="Ilm, ill"
ep2[74]="Poe, foe"
ep3[74]="Fox, foe"
ep4[74]="Cox, pox"
ep5[74]="Poe, pox"
eps[74]=5
epx[74]="Poe, pox"

ep[75]="Popular People Puzzler<br><br>Something noteworthy about a famous person is given in this problem, followed by the definition of a word. The name of the famous person begins with the letter 'P' and the definition that fits the word in the second part is one letter different from the name. A number is given after this, which tells you how many letters are in the name, and in the word.<br><br>EXAMPLE: Invented the first mechanical adding machine; a scoundrel (6)<br><br>Was greatly influenced by Socrates; a flat piece of metal on which something is engraved (5)"
ep0[75]="Alexander, olexander"
ep1[75]="Aristotle, iristotle"
ep2[75]="Hegel, zegel"
ep3[75]="Regel, zegel"
ep4[75]="Plato, plate"
ep5[75]="Plato, platt"
eps[75]=4
epx[75]="Plato, plate"

ep[76]="Popular People Puzzler<br><br>Something noteworthy about a famous person is given in this problem, followed by the definition of a word. The definition that fits the word in the second part is one letter different from the name.<br><br>EXAMPLE: Invented the first mechanical adding machine; a scoundrel<br><br>The answers are Pascal and rascal<br><br>A friend of Swift; to act to overcome difficulties"
ep0[76]="Souve, solve"
ep1[76]="Solce, solve"
ep2[76]="Hope, cope"
ep3[76]="Pope, cope"
ep4[76]="Lear, lead"
ep5[76]="Mead, lead"
eps[76]=3
epx[76]="Pope, cope"

ep[77]="Popular People Puzzler<br><br>Something noteworthy about a famous person is given in this problem, followed by the definition of a word. The definition that fits the word in the second part is one letter different from the name.<br><br>EXAMPLE: Invented the first mechanical adding machine; a scoundrel<br><br>The answers are Pascal and rascal<br><br>A famous songwriter; a fattened young pig"
ep0[77]="Porter, porker"
ep1[77]="Porter, porten"
ep2[77]="Swaney, swiney"
ep3[77]="Swoney, swiney"
ep4[77]="Dylan, dolan"
ep5[77]="Berlin, burlin"
eps[77]=0
epx[77]="Porter, porker"

ep[78]="Popular People Puzzler<br><br>Something noteworthy about a famous person is given in this problem, followed by the definition of a word. The name of the famous person begins with the letter 'P' and the definition that fits the word in the second part is one letter different from the name. A number is given after this, which tells you how many letters are in the name, and in the word.<br><br>EXAMPLE: Invented the first mechanical adding machine; a scoundrel (6)<br><br>Color-related female musician; what the Titanic did (4)"
ep0[78]="Lail, sail"
ep1[78]="Sain, sail"
ep2[78]="Pink, sink"
ep3[78]="Kink, sink"
ep4[78]="Tina, tine"
ep5[78]="Tina, tink"
eps[78]=2
epx[78]="Pink, sink"

ep[79]="treat is to swim as trick is to ?"
ep0[79]="dive"
ep1[79]="water"
ep2[79]="magician"
ep3[79]="sail"
ep4[79]="sink"
ep5[79]="trickster"
eps[79]=4
epx[79]="sink. Trick or treat and sink or swim are both well known terms/sayings."

ep[80]="You are in Bartlesville, which is 60 miles from Bratlesville. You must get to Bratlesville in 1 hour. You drive the first half of the distance at 30 miles/hour. How fast must you drive the second half of the distance to get to Bratlesville on time?"
ep0[80]="70 miles/hour"
ep1[80]="80 miles/hour"
ep2[80]="90 miles/hour"
ep3[80]="107.45 miles/hour"
ep4[80]="112.6 miles/hour"
ep5[80]="It's not possible."
eps[80]=5
epx[80]="It's not possible. This is an old trick question. Since the distance to Bratlesville is 60, half of that distance would be 30 miles. You are driving at 30 miles/hour, and have spent an hour driving when you reach the half way point. It is thus not possible to reach Bratlesville at that point, no matter how fast you drive."

ep[81]="If you are to pursue a part of a play, which has been carved in granite, what saying do you have?"
ep0[81]="To sink like a brick"
ep1[81]="A hard act to follow"
ep2[81]="Once bitten, twice shy"
ep3[81]="Beggers can't be choosers"
ep4[81]="Follow that car"
ep5[81]="Say when"
eps[81]=1
epx[81]="A hard act to follow. Ok, you can groan now! Most people sent in lines from the play. This was evidently very tough."

ep[82]="My last four letters are an accounting-related acronym. Remove my last three letters and my first letter, and you will lose your lunch. Remove my last three letters, and my second letter, and you have a type of exercise. What am I?"
ep0[82]="bookkeeping"
ep1[82]="running"
ep2[82]="vomit"
ep3[82]="churlish"
ep4[82]="algebra"
ep5[82]="disfigured"
eps[82]=3
epx[82]="churlish. LISH is an accounting-related term meaning last-in, still here, hurl is how you would lose your lunch, and a curl is a bodybuilding exercise."

ep[83]="Determine what the following have in common:<br><br>President Solo automobiles Hitchhiker's"
ep0[83]="Ford"
ep1[83]="Music"
ep2[83]="Car"
ep3[83]="Clinton"
ep4[83]="Cadillac"
ep5[83]="Duo"
eps[83]=0
epx[83]="Ford is the common denominator: (President Ford; Han Solo played by Harrison Ford; Ford automobiles; and Ford Prefect in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the (Galaxy)."

ep[84]="I am a type of wave. Remove my first 3 letters, and then read me backward, and you have a priest, minister, or prince. Remove my last 3 letters and my first letter, and you have a star. What am I?"
ep0[84]="surfing"
ep1[84]="shaman"
ep2[84]="Sirius"
ep3[84]="waiver"
ep4[84]="goodbye"
ep5[84]="tsunami"
eps[84]=5
epx[84]="tsunami (iman, sun)"

ep[85]="I am just starting at something. Change my last letter, and you have a word used in the UK. Change my third letter, and you have an error. What am I?"
ep0[85]="beginner"
ep1[85]="mistake"
ep2[85]="tyro"
ep3[85]="novice"
ep4[85]="petrol"
ep5[85]="initiate"
eps[85]=2
epx[85]="tyro (tyre, typo)"

ep[86]="For my second part, if you travel by sea, you move in terms of me<br>For my first part, cut off my last three, then add a new one in my middle, and you can drink out of me<br>If you know of Alexander, you've almost certainly heard of me<br>What am I?"
ep0[86]="Velocity"
ep1[86]="Waves"
ep2[86]="Vessel"
ep3[86]="Nautical mile"
ep4[86]="Gordian knot"
ep5[86]="Aristotle"
eps[86]=4
epx[86]="Gordian knot. Knot for nautical measurement & gourd were the 2 clues."

ep[87]="Alliteration is present<br>Reptiles are involved<br>A girl with red hair is known for saying it<br>What am I?"
ep0[87]="Little snakes"
ep1[87]="Komodo dragons"
ep2[87]="Marilyn Monroe"
ep3[87]="Leaping lizards"
ep4[87]="Dirty dozen"
ep5[87]="Devil's dragons"
eps[87]=3
epx[87]="'Leaping lizards' - Little orphan Annie"

ep[88]="I am the making of a sound. Remove one of my letters, and you have something that is used to make certain baskets. Remove my last 2 letters and my first letter, and you have what the author of this puzzle is, to some extent. What am I?"
ep0[88]="Rattle"
ep1[88]="Sirene"
ep2[88]="Bamboo"
ep3[88]="Scream"
ep4[88]="Welding"
ep5[88]="Whicker"
eps[88]=5
epx[88]="Whicker, wicker, and (admittedly) hick."

ep[89]="Remove my last letter, and you have something that can happen to the skin. Remove my first letter, and add a letter to the end of me, and you have a symbol involving life. I can hold stuff. What am I?"
ep0[89]="burns"
ep1[89]="tank"
ep2[89]="rash"
ep3[89]="bottle"
ep4[89]="cross"
ep5[89]="tear"
eps[89]=1
epx[89]="tank (other words were tan and ankh)"

ep[90]="I am a reward. Read backward, you believe something. Change one of my letters, and you have a drink. What am I?"
ep0[90]="Meed"
ep1[90]="Medal"
ep2[90]="Gold"
ep3[90]="Cub"
ep4[90]="Prize"
ep5[90]="Gan"
eps[90]=0
epx[90]="Meed is a reward<br>Deem is to believe<br>Mead is a drink made of fermented honey and water"

ep[91]="I am a malady caused by eating something bad. If you heard me and did not know my definition, you might think that I meant to 'not deceive a female sibling.' What am I?"
ep0[91]="sclerosis"
ep1[91]="arthrosis"
ep2[91]="nausea"
ep3[91]="typhus"
ep4[91]="rachitis"
ep5[91]="trichinosis"
eps[91]=5
epx[91]="The answer is 'trichinosis,' which means 'infestation with or disease caused by trichinae and marked especially by muscular pain, dyspnea, fever, and edema.' And it sounds like 'trick no sis' or 'not deceive a sibling."

ep[92]="Determine what the following means:<br><br>Brendan + Alicia = Explosion in 1849"
ep0[92]="Brendan's Bomb"
ep1[92]="It's Raining Gold"
ep2[92]="Gold Rush Fever"
ep3[92]="Alicia is the Bomb"
ep4[92]="Blast from the Past"
ep5[92]="Back to the Future"
eps[92]=4
epx[92]="Blast from the Past. This is a movie starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone, and an explosion that occurred in the year 1849 would indeed be a blast from the past... a blast from the past is also a common expression."

ep[93]="3 homophones are hinted at below. However, one of the words does not belong. Determine which word it is:<br><br>two fruit suit trim"
ep0[93]="two"
ep1[93]="fruit"
ep2[93]="suit"
ep3[93]="trim"
eps[93]=2
epx[93]="suit. The homophones suggested by the other words are:<br><br>two = pair<br>fruit = pear<br>trim = pare"

ep[94]="I am an 'orchestra that is not full'. You can sing along with me. What am I?"
ep0[94]="symphony"
ep1[94]="melody"
ep2[94]="duet"
ep3[94]="karaoke"
ep4[94]="a capella"
ep5[94]="choir"
eps[94]=3
epx[94]="karaoke, which means 'empty orchestra'."

ep[95]="All puzzle makers are insane<br>Some people who solve puzzles are nuts<br>I am insane, but not nuts<br><br>Therefore, I am:"
ep0[95]="A. definitely a puzzle maker"
ep1[95]="B. definitely not a puzzle solver"
ep2[95]="C. both A and B"
ep3[95]="D. possibly not a puzzle maker"
ep4[95]="E. possibly a puzzle solver"
ep5[95]="F. both D and E"
eps[95]=5
epx[95]="F. Both D and E. Although all puzzle makers are insane, it is not stated that all insane people are puzzle makers. Also, some people who are puzzle solvers are nuts, but not necessarily all; The statement leaves it as a possibility that I might solve puzzles, and yet not be nuts (or so I claim! ;-)."

ep[96]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE WHILE DRIVING</FONT></FONT></B><br><br>The shapes below form a word, which is related to one of the shapes. What is it?<br><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/9374.jpg\" HEIGHT=375 WIDTH=400>"
ep0[96]="parking"
ep1[96]="dog"
ep2[96]="stop"
ep3[96]="crossing"
ep4[96]="pedestrian"
ep5[96]="walk"
eps[96]=2
epx[96]="stop. The shapes are a Square, Triangle, Octagon, and Parallelogram. The first letters from each of these words spells out STOP. A stop sign is also in the shape of an octagon (in the USA, anyway), and the puzzle's title provided a further hint to this."

ep[97]="Remove my last 4 letters, and you have something yummy. My 7, 5, 6, 4 is water floating in the atmosphere. I am a religious movement that started in Germany in the 17th century. What am I?"
ep0[97]="baptism"
ep1[97]="jamtism"
ep2[97]="pietism"
ep3[97]="teadria"
ep4[97]="icedria"
ep5[97]="cakdria"
eps[97]=2
epx[97]="Pietism. 'Pie' and 'mist' were the other 2 clues."

ep[98]="Determine what word is suggested in each of the following items:<br><br>Relating to the ear<br><br>Relating to the kidneys<br><br>Commonplace, not poetic<br><br>A goblin, sometimes in the form of a large dog<br><br>Acuteness of intelligence"
ep0[98]="auditory, glandular, plain, cujo, smartness"
ep1[98]="olfactory, panular, banal, wolfen, adroitness"
ep2[98]="aural, renal, prosaic, barghest, perspicacity"
ep3[98]="acoustic, parietal, trite, ghoul, genius"
ep4[98]="phonetic, gustatory, simplistic, hobgoblin, brilliance"
ep5[98]="plicature, flexure, rustic, zombie, percipience"
eps[98]=2
epx[98]="aural, renal, prosaic, barghest, perspicacity"

ep[99]="Remove my last letter, and you are moving ahead gradually or giving shape to something. I had another clue for you, but I can't remember what it was... what am I?"
ep0[99]="forget"
ep1[99]="blink"
ep2[99]="omit"
ep3[99]="balloon"
ep4[99]="slight"
ep5[99]="condone"
eps[99]=0
epx[99]="FORGET. The other word is FORGE."

ep[100]="Within me is a table that is not square or even rectangular. Remove my last 2 letters, and you have a mammal and a carcinogenic product. What am I?"
ep0[100]="Turtleac"
ep1[100]="Camelot"
ep2[100]="zebraet"
ep3[100]="elephanten"
ep4[100]="Sapiente"
ep5[100]="periodical"
eps[100]=1
epx[100]="Camelot - King Aurther's round table<br>Camel - animal and cigarette brand"

ep[101]="Determine what letter should replace the question mark in this series:<br><br>Y Y H L Y E Y T R R R ?"
ep0[101]="R"
ep1[101]="S"
ep2[101]="T"
ep3[101]="U"
ep4[101]="V"
ep5[101]="None of the above"
eps[101]=0
epx[101]="R. Each letter given is the last letter in each month of the year, beginning with January (Y), and ending with December (R)."

ep[102]="Remove my last letter, and you are trying to lift something. Remove my first and last letter, then add a new letter to the end of me, and you have something on the exterior of a house or building. I am a wonderful place to be, although you may have much difficulty locating me on any map. What am I?"
ep0[102]="utopia"
ep1[102]="Shangri-La"
ep2[102]="Atlantis"
ep3[102]="Xanadu"
ep4[102]="heaven"
ep5[102]="None of the above"
eps[102]=4
epx[102]="The word is heaven. Remove the n and you have heave. Remove the h and n and add s to the end of what remains and you have eaves.<br><br>Thanks to Barbara Cody for this answer."

ep[103]="Remove my last 4 letters, and I am coy. Remove my first 3 letters, and you have something on most doors. Antonio wasn't too fond of me. Who/what am I?"
ep0[103]="Coyknob"
ep1[103]="Coypane"
ep2[103]="Coytrim"
ep3[103]="Shywood"
ep4[103]="Shybolt"
ep5[103]="Shylock"
eps[103]=5
epx[103]="Shylock. A Jewish merchant in the Merchant of Venice."

ep[104]="What do all of the following have in common?<br><br>ashes<br>Arizona<br>River<br>University"
ep0[104]="coyote"
ep1[104]="Amazon"
ep2[104]="country"
ep3[104]="Phoenix"
ep4[104]="celestial"
ep5[104]="Europa"
eps[104]=3
epx[104]="Phoenix. Phoenix rising from the ashes, Phoenix Arizona, River Phoenix, the <b><a href=\"http://www.puzz.com/d.html\">University of Phoenix</a></b>."

ep[105]="I am teasing you, but if you change my last letter, I could make you sore. What am I?"
ep0[105]="banter/banted"
ep1[105]="peek/peel"
ep2[105]="rue/rub"
ep3[105]="josh/jost"
ep4[105]="mock/moce"
ep5[105]="chaff/chafe"
eps[105]=5
epx[105]="chaff/chafe"

ep[106]="Flip me upside down or read me backwards, and you have the same thing. Remove one of me, and you have what a famous Henry was. If you instead remove the other of me, and turn me on my side, you could try to count to me, but would never arrive. What am I?"
ep0[106]="11"
ep1[106]="55"
ep2[106]="88"
ep3[106]="101"
ep4[106]="1001"
ep5[106]="None of the above"
eps[106]=2
epx[106]="The answer is 88, the same backwards and upside down, and remove one, you have 8 as in Henry the, remove the other, and turn it on its side, you have the symbol for infinity, an impossibility to count to.<br><br>Thanks to Marc Lessard for this explanation."

ep[107]="I'm somebody who you might find in the western part of Africa, not a weredog from Australia! What am I?"
ep0[107]="wereman"
ep1[107]="weredingo"
ep2[107]="werejackal"
ep3[107]="manjackal"
ep4[107]="mandingo"
ep5[107]="None of the above"
eps[107]=4
epx[107]="Mandingo. A dingo is a dog from Australia, so conceivably a mandingo would be a half man, half dog if you didn't know what the word meant."

ep[108]="Decide what should replace the ? in the following analogy:<br><br>Foul smelling, not loud is to NOISOME as Relating to a governor, not a peanut is to ?"
ep0[108]="TERMINATOR"
ep1[108]="LOUDSOME"
ep2[108]="GUBERNATORIAL"
ep3[108]="SUZERAIN"
ep4[108]="MAYORIAL"
ep5[108]="None of the above"
eps[108]=2
epx[108]="gubernatorial (sounds like goober, meaning peanut)."

ep[109]="The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:<br><br>A type of thief : Talk too much<br><br>The answers are PIRATE and PRATE.<br><br>A type of bread : Having been taken without right or permission"
ep0[109]="robbied : robbed"
ep1[109]="rye : ry"
ep2[109]="pilfier : pilfer"
ep3[109]="stollen : stolen"
ep4[109]="cheist : heist"
ep5[109]="None of the above"
eps[109]=3
epx[109]="stollen (a type of bread) & stolen (having been taken without right or permission)"

ep[110]="Red & black, I jest twice. I have 2 of 10, but at most 1 of 1. I encompass a girl's best friend, all trades, a gardening tool, and something that tells tales. What am I?"
ep0[110]="blood"
ep1[110]="a clown"
ep2[110]="The War of 1812"
ep3[110]="a Jolly Roger"
ep4[110]="a deck of cards"
ep5[110]="None of the above"
eps[110]=4
epx[110]="A Deck of Cards<br><br>Cards are red and black (spades and clubs are black, diamonds and hearts are red); 2 jokers (jest twice); in many card games the jack and 10 in each set are each worth 10 (I have 2 of 10); in many card games the ace can be valued as 1 or 11, but there is no 1s card in any deck (at most 1 of 1); diamonds (diamonds are a girl's best friend, or so I'm told), jack (of all trades), spade (gardening tool), heart (as in Poe's story The Tell-Tale Heart)."

ep[111]="The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:<br><br>A type of thief : Talk too much<br><br>The answers are PIRATE and PRATE. Here is the actual problem:<br><br>Sharp : Range of knowledge"
ep0[111]="KEEN and KEN"
ep1[111]="TEPISTEMOLOGY and EPISTEMOLOGY"
ep2[111]="ATHEORY and THEORY"
ep3[111]="LOGICH and LOGIC"
ep4[111]="ACUTE and AUTE"
ep5[111]="None of the above"
eps[111]=0
epx[111]="KEEN and KEN"

ep[112]="The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:<br><br>A type of thief : Talk too much<br><br>The answers are PIRATE and PRATE. Here is the actual problem:<br><br>To cause to spread or flow : To read in a leisurely manner"
ep0[112]="SCEAN and SCAN"
ep1[112]="PERFUSE and PERUSE"
ep2[112]="SMEAR and SEAR"
ep3[112]="FATHOME and FATHOM"
ep4[112]="DIRECT and IRECT"
ep5[112]="None of the above"
eps[112]=1
epx[112]="PERFUSE and PERUSE"

ep[113]="The following puzzler hints at 2 words. The second word is the same as the first word, but with one letter removed. Example:<br><br>A type of thief : Talk too much<br><br>The answers are PIRATE and PRATE. Here is the actual problem:<br><br>To plait or crimp with a hot iron : An employee who runs errands"
ep0[113]="WRINKLE and WINKLE"
ep1[113]="SPUDE and SPUD"
ep2[113]="PARSE and PARE"
ep3[113]="PEONE and PEON"
ep4[113]="DIRUDGE and DRUDGE"
ep5[113]="None of the above"
eps[113]=5
epx[113]="None of the above. The actual words are GOFFER and GOFER."

ep[114]="I am a word used to indicate something that produces a type of scab. Remove my first 2 letters and my last 4 letters, and you have something that could cause such a scab. Remove my first 2 letters and my 6th letter, and you have a word indicating that something is confused or disordered. I contain 10 letters. What am I?"
ep0[114]="lighthouse"
ep1[114]="seaborgium"
ep2[114]="escharotic"
ep3[114]="venography"
ep4[114]="yokefellow"
ep5[114]="None of the above"
eps[114]=2
epx[114]="escharotic. The other 2 words hinted at were CHAR and CHAOTIC."

ep[115]="I could be a police officer, marine, or a soldier. My last 3 letters are an insect, and when you remove them, I become a fabric. What am I?"
ep0[115]="grunt"
ep1[115]="ranger"
ep2[115]="captain"
ep3[115]="commander"
ep4[115]="sergeant"
ep5[115]="None of the above"
eps[115]=4
epx[115]="Sergeant<br><br>One can be a sergeant in the military or the police force; the last 3 letters are 'ant', which is an insect, and when those 3 letters are removed, you have 'serge', which is a twilled cloth of worsted or worsted and wool, often used for suits (per Dictionary.com)."

ep[116]="I'm a little person. Remove my last 3 letters, and you are eating. Remove my first 5 letters, and we're related, but nowhere near Kansas. What am I?"
ep0[116]="minikin"
ep1[116]="sprite"
ep2[116]="midget"
ep3[116]="Lilliputian"
ep4[116]="munchkin"
ep5[116]="None of the above"
eps[116]=4
epx[116]="Munchkin<br><br>The \"nowhere near Kansas\" part was a reference to Dorothy's famous statement in The Wizard of Oz. Munchkins appeared in The Wizard of Oz, and this work is the origin of the word munchkin."

ep[117]="The 2 words omitted below are identical, except that 1 contains a letter that the other does not. What is the first word?<br><br>It appears that I have led you (A). I don't smoke, and therefore don't own an (B)."
ep0[117]="mistakenly"
ep1[117]="adrift"
ep2[117]="wrong"
ep3[117]="astray"
ep4[117]="askance"
ep5[117]="None of the above"
eps[117]=3
epx[117]="astray. The other word is ashtray."

ep[118]="I indicate a lack of control, not that something is within a large mass of land. What am I?"
ep0[118]="paralysis"
ep1[118]="retrenchment"
ep2[118]="incapacity"
ep3[118]="detriment"
ep4[118]="incontinent"
ep5[118]="None of the above"
eps[118]=4
epx[118]="incontinent (in-continent)"

ep[119]="I'm someone who is vain, not the time before Ms. Ciccone. What am I?"
ep0[119]="prima donna"
ep1[119]="diva"
ep2[119]="superstar"
ep3[119]="lucky star"
ep4[119]="paladin"
ep5[119]="None of the above"
eps[119]=0
epx[119]="prima donna (pre-Madonna)"

ep[120]="I am important to a religion, not elevated wet dirt. What am I?"
ep0[120]="Talmud"
ep1[120]="chalice"
ep2[120]="Eucharist"
ep3[120]="Koran"
ep4[120]="Yahweh"
ep5[120]="None of the above"
eps[120]=0
epx[120]="Talmud (tall-mud)"

ep[121]="I am worn by monks. Remove my first letter, and you have a creature. Remove my last letter, and you have another one. What am I?"
ep0[121]="cloak"
ep1[121]="robe"
ep2[121]="cowl"
ep3[121]="sash"
ep4[121]="helm"
ep5[121]="None of the above"
eps[121]=2
epx[121]="cowl. The 2 words created by respective letter removals are OWL and COW."

ep[122]="My first 4 letters indicate something you are going to need that is larger than the one you have, according to a movie named for a certain finned creature. Remove those letters, and you have a male suitor. I am a type of officer on a ship. What am I?"
ep0[122]="hookman"
ep1[122]="flambeau"
ep2[122]="windward"
ep3[122]="Woodward"
ep4[122]="landward"
ep5[122]="None of the above"
eps[122]=5
epx[122]="None of the above. The actual word is BOATSWAIN. The words hinted at were BOAT (need a larger one) and SWAIN (male suitor), respectively. The 'something you are going to need' reference was for the 1975 movie Jaws when Brody (Roy Sheider) says the famous line \"you're gonna need a bigger boat.\""

ep[123]="I am the result of a harmful thing that is done. I do not indicate that someone is among 12 people deciding the outcome of something. What am I?"
ep0[123]="insult"
ep1[123]="pain"
ep2[123]="suffering"
ep3[123]="injury"
ep4[123]="trauma"
ep5[123]="None of the above"
eps[123]=3
epx[123]="injury (not in-jury)"

ep[124]="My last half is what I am, and my first half indicates that I am not strong. What am I?"
ep0[124]="lamepunk"
ep1[124]="flabsuit"
ep2[124]="frailchump"
ep3[124]="geekdork"
ep4[124]="weakfish"
ep5[124]="None of the above"
eps[124]=4
epx[124]="weakfish. Per Dictionary.com a weakfish is \"a marine food and game fish (<i>Cynoscion regalis</i>) of North American Atlantic waters.\" None of the other words given as options were real (I checked)."

ep[125]="I'm a dog. I'm not squeezing you, but I am if you remove a letter in the second part of my name. What am I?"
ep0[125]="chiwawa"
ep1[125]="borzoi"
ep2[125]="wolfhound"
ep3[125]="pinscher"
ep4[125]="pit bull"
ep5[125]="None of the above"
eps[125]=3
epx[125]="pinscher. Remove the 's' and you have PINCHER."

ep[126]="I am something you receive free of charge. Remove my first letter and then read me backwards, and you have a musical instrument. What am I?"
ep0[126]="freebie"
ep1[126]="cuffo"
ep2[126]="gratis"
ep3[126]="handout"
ep4[126]="visa"
ep5[126]="None of the above"
eps[126]=2
epx[126]="Something you receive free of charge is GRATIS. Remove the first letter and read backwards you have SITAR - a musical instrument."

ep[127]="Remove my first 3 letters and you have something for catching sea creatures. Remove my last 2 letters, and you have a detailed program. What am I?"
ep0[127]="planet"
ep1[127]="pothook"
ep2[127]="skyhook"
ep3[127]="probate"
ep4[127]="maypole"
ep5[127]="None of the above"
eps[127]=0
epx[127]="PLANET<br><br>Something for catching sea creatures = NET<br><br>Detailed program = PLAN"

ep[128]="If a magician makes it appear that he has a pair of eyes in his hands, when really he does not, what can this be described as?"
ep0[128]="sleight of hand"
ep1[128]="hocus pocus"
ep2[128]="conjuration"
ep3[128]="artful deception"
ep4[128]="optical illusion"
ep5[128]="None of the above"
eps[128]=4
epx[128]="Optical illusion"

ep[129]="Remove my last 4 letters, and you might place me on certain foods. Remove my first 6 letters, and you have what I am: a creature that can be food. I'm quite slick. What am I?"
ep0[129]="butterfish"
ep1[129]="peppertaco"
ep2[129]="creamyhare"
ep3[129]="phyllomeat"
ep4[129]="danishsoup"
ep5[129]="None of the above"
eps[129]=0
epx[129]="butterfish"

ep[130]="While I am pronounced somewhat similarly to a wrapped Mexican food item, I am actually the liver of a certain creature, which is sometimes noted for its redness (at least for a well known chain of restaurants). You would not want to meet a mean person in a dark one of my last five letters. Such a person might have my first 3 letters as his name. What am I?"
ep0[130]="tomalley"
ep1[130]="toritto"
ep2[130]="benight"
ep3[130]="jonstorm"
ep4[130]="bobstone"
ep5[130]="None of the above"
eps[130]=0
epx[130]="tomalley. Pronounced much like TAMALE, a tomalley is the liver of a lobster (as in the RED LOBSTER chain of restaurants). The other clues related to meeting someone in a dark ALLEY, and TOM is a common name."

ep[131]="I am the act of writing or speaking an introduction. Change my first 2 letters, and you have said you are sorry. What am I?"
ep0[131]="analogize"
ep1[131]="apologize"
ep2[131]="geologize"
ep3[131]="prologize"
ep4[131]="syllogize"
ep5[131]="None of the above"
eps[131]=3
epx[131]="PROLOGIZE. Change the 'PR' to 'AP' and you have APOLOGIZE."

ep[132]="I indicate that something is extremely cold (brrr!). My first 3 letters are something you might place in your hair, and if you remove them, my remaining letters were discussed by Freud. What am I?"
ep0[132]="pined"
ep1[132]="pinion"
ep2[132]="pinego"
ep3[132]="gelego"
ep4[132]="gelid"
ep5[132]="None of the above are correct"
eps[132]=4
epx[132]="GELID. Something gelid is extremely cold, gel can be placed in the hair, and the id was discussed by Freud."









