var mp=new Array();
var mp0=new Array();
var mp1=new Array();
var mp2=new Array();
var mp3=new Array();
var mp4=new Array();
var mp5=new Array();
var mp6=new Array();
var mp7=new Array();
var mp8=new Array();
var mp9=new Array();
var mps=new Array();
var mpx=new Array();

mp[0]="I am a deity known for lack of order. Read me backward, and you have a dad. What am I?"
mp0[0]="Rehtaf"
mp1[0]="Eris"
mp2[0]="Zeus"
mp3[0]="Namdlo"
mp4[0]="Tnerapelam"
mp5[0]="Chaos"
mps[0]=1
mpx[0]="Eris"

mp[1]="You can load & unload at part of me, or am I a wine? In full, I am your behavior, not necessarily related to exile. What am I?"
mp0[1]="EMIGRATION"
mp1[1]="DEPORTMENT"
mp2[1]="SAVE HAVEN"
mp3[1]="AIRPORT"
mp4[1]="BORDEAUX"
mp5[1]="STATION"
mps[1]=1
mpx[1]="The answer is DEPORTMENT. The first part refers to the word PORT (i.e. place you can load & unload, wine), the second part (behavior) refers to the entire word, and \"exile\" refers to the word DEPORT."

mp[2]="Tight Head Bear Bush Alligator Flick<br><br>Which of the 6 words above does not belong? Try to find the best answer."
mp0[2]="Tight"
mp1[2]="Head"
mp2[2]="Bear"
mp3[2]="Bush"
mp4[2]="Alligator"
mp5[2]="Flick"
mps[2]=3
mpx[2]="BUSH. The others are associated with the word skin: Skin tight, skin head, bear skin, alligator skin (boots), skin flick."

mp[3]="\"I'll drink to that,\" said George. Lovely Lucy smiled nervously, and checked her watch. Rockie and Bullwinkle suddenly appeared on the television, right on time. No one suspected anything, and they were in for a big surprise. Rolling down the hill was a large boulder, coming their way... In regards to Joan Jett, what does the above nonsense reveal?"
mp0[3]="The Runaways"
mp1[3]="The Blackhearts"
mp2[3]="Linda Ronstad"
mp3[3]="Rock 'n Roll High School"
mp4[3]="I Love Rock 'N Roll"
mp5[3]="The Ramones"
mps[3]=4
mpx[3]="Answer: \"I Love Rock 'N Roll\" - this is an album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Take the first letter or letters at the beginning of each sentence, and this is what you get."

mp[4]="Associated with smoking barrels, you can also have options with me. Made plural, I'm a type of framework you don't want to be in. What am I?"
mp0[4]="Shotgun"
mp1[4]="Bar"
mp2[4]="Safe"
mp3[4]="Stock"
mp4[4]="Bank"
mp5[4]="Sheriff"
mps[4]=3
mpx[4]="Stock. Riddle clues included: the movie title \"Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels,\" stock options, stocks."

mp[5]="In an alien language:<br><br>\"hooofd fssdfj ewrew sdfsdo\" means \"throw my stone away\"<br>\"ewfw fsfe sdfoe\" means \"from his hip\"<br>\"ooww ddww ffee wwws\" means \"first, second, third, fourth\"<br>\"fdier fdeww jefw ceef fowrs\" means \"the dog likes fire hydrants\"<br>\"owers cwmmw eressw wrs lers\" means \"eighth sun we have created\"<br><br>You know that the ORDER of the words in this language often do not fall in the same order when translated. With this in mind, and knowing that these aliens are fond of our music from the 60s and 70s, in describing your location, what does the following most logically translate to in our language:<br><br>ewrew fsfe eressw ddww fowrs"
mp0[5]="Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
mp1[5]="Here comes the Sun"
mp2[5]="And God created the Woman"
mp3[5]="Third Stone from the Sun"
mp4[5]="My First Dog likes Sun"
mp5[5]="The Year of the Cat"
mps[5]=3
mpx[5]="Answer and Explanation: Third Stone from the Sun. This is an old song by Jimi Hendrix, who was famous in the 60s through to 1970, and of course his fame continued posthumously. In looking at the puzzle, you could see that one alien language word was being used in the sentence from each translated phrase. So, you had to put together a sentence or title that made sense using one word from each phrase, and knowning that the words could be arranged in almost any order. Third Stone from the Sun (i.e. Earth) is the best answer given all of the clues provided. Funkadelic, eh?"

mp[6]="A monstrous analogy - replace the ? with the most appropriate word:<br><br>musical instrument with strings played by plucking is to HARPY as herb used as flavoring is to ?"
mp0[6]="Minty"
mp1[6]="Dilly"
mp2[6]="Spicy"
mp3[6]="Cinnamon"
mp4[6]="Basilisk"
mp5[6]="Siren"
mps[6]=4
mpx[6]="BASILISK. The analogy goes: definition of a word is to word with something added to it to make it a monster, as definition of a word is to word with something added to it to make it a monster. HARP becomes HARPY, and BASIL becomes BASILISK. I received a lot of answers like minty, dilly, spicy, etc., and while those are herb-related words with a 'y' added, just as with harp and harpy, it is not really a \"monstrous analogy.\" Also, the analogy goes noun is to noun as noun is to noun. These 'y' words are all adjectives. They were all good guesses, though."

mp[7]="The Trials of MocTodZzup (Part II)<br><br>The unsung Greek hero MocTodZzup was placed on a quest, and had to undergo many trials and tribulations. This was because like Prometheus, he had angered the gods, except in this case MocTodZzup had not brought fire to mankind, but instead ambrosia, which we know as chocolate (some mythologists have suggested that ambrosia was actually honey, but now you know otherwise).<br><br>MocTodZzup, who was simply called MTZ by his friends (pronounced 'empty-Z'), was not forced to clean the Augean stables, nor was he chained to a rock to have his liver eaten daily by an eagle, or forced to push a rock up a hill endlessly like Sisyphus. No, MTZ's fate was much worse for bringing delicious chocolate to mankind: he had to answer riddles.<br><br>On his second day of riddling, and again hungry, his second inquisitor was Aphrodite.<br><br>'The chocolate you might receive today is also the name of a Lady,' the alluring goddess said, 'one who is said to have ridden naked through the streets! Who was she?'"
mp0[7]="Caramela"
mp1[7]="Godiva"
mp2[7]="Nougat"
mp3[7]="Fudgicala"
mp4[7]="Cadbury"
mp5[7]="Hershey"
mps[7]=1
mpx[7]="(Lady) Godiva. Per Dictionary.com:<br><br>'according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)'."

mp[8]="Title: Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl<br><br>Carrick Chester Cornwall Rothesay<br><br>What do all of the above have in common (hint: it is related more to a person than to a location)?"
mp0[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince Edward"
mp1[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince William"
mp2[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince Henry"
mp3[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince Vincent"
mp4[8]="These are all nicknames of jazz musicians"
mp5[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince Charles"
mps[8]=5
mpx[8]="These are all titles that belong to Prince Charles: Earl of Carrick, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay. He has other titles, too. This one was way too easy. Someone indicated that he immediately found a site listing all of this info with searches on the names."

mp[9]="Even in working my magic, I sometimes omit something. Take the word below, for example. What 2 letters did I leave out?<br><br>ZIYZWZXZI??"
mp0[9]="IZ"
mp1[9]="ZI"
mp2[9]="XW"
mp3[9]="WX"
mp4[9]="YZ"
mp5[9]="ZY"
mps[9]=4
mpx[9]="YZ are the last two letters<br><br>The word is 'abracadabra' reversed and with a simple letter substitution of a=z, b=y, et cetera."

mp[10]="fries mitt elevator hamburger fish stairs<br><br>A 7 letter word, or the sound or spelling of part of the word relates to all of the 6 items above. What is the word?"
mp0[10]="mayonaise"
mp1[10]="lettuce"
mp2[10]="ketchup"
mp3[10]="steps"
mp4[10]="potato"
mp5[10]="Germany"
mps[10]=2
mpx[10]="ketchup. Ketchup is used with fries and hamburgers, the \"ketch\" of ketchup sounds like the word \"catch,\" and this is how the words mitt and fish are related (catching with a catcher's mitt, and catching fish). Elevator and stairs are related as the \"up\" part of ketchup."

mp[11]="wolf is to vark as assee is to ?"
mp0[11]="Tenessee"
mp1[11]="able"
mp2[11]="coyote"
mp3[11]="ative"
mp4[11]="hyena"
mp5[11]="anteater"
mps[11]=3
mpx[11]="ative (aardwolf is to aardvark as fricassee is to fricative)"

mp[12]="You don't know it, but she has blinded me with part of it. 9 letters here, folks. Don't ignore this one. What word am I referring to?"
mp0[12]="ignorance"
mp1[12]="magnifier"
mp2[12]="negligence"
mp3[12]="firehose"
mp4[12]="nescience"
mp5[12]="pantyhose"
mps[12]=4
mpx[12]="nescience. The \"you don't know\" and \"ignore\" hints were playing on the word's meaning, which is ignorance, or lack of knowledge. I just now read on dictionary.com that the word also can indicate Agnosticism, which I wasn't aware of (excuse my nescience, please :-) The \"she has blinded me with part of it\" clue referred to the 'science' part of the word nescience, and was a play on <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&keyword=Thomas+Dolby&mode=blended\">Thomas Dolby</a>'s song \"<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&keyword=she+blinded+me+science&mode=blended\">She Blinded Me With Science</a>\"."

mp[13]="Author of the waterborne mature male is to X as waterborne battle at the half is to Y.<br><br>What are X and Y?"
mp0[13]="Tom Sharpe and The Battle of Omdurman"
mp1[13]="Jean-Paul Sartre and A Bridge too Far"
mp2[13]="Franz Kafka and The Knock on the Gate"
mp3[13]="Charles Dickens and Soldier of Orange"
mp4[13]="Winston Churchill and Decision Day"
mp5[13]="Ernest Hemingway and Battle of Midway"
mps[13]=5
mpx[13]="X = Ernest Hemingway (\"The Old Man and the Sea\")<br>Y = \"Battle of Midway\" (movie)"

mp[14]="60 seconds and the term of one's existence is through what name related to a Shakespearean character? Hint: Don't get bogged down by this one."
mp0[14]="Othello"
mp1[14]="Hamlet"
mp2[14]="Julia"
mp3[14]="Romeo"
mp4[14]="Henry VIII"
mp5[14]="The witch"
mps[14]=0
mpx[14]="Othello. The game Othello's slogan was that it takes \"a minute to learn... a lifetime to master.\" The hint was in reference to Shakespeare's character Othello being called \"the Moor of Venice.\" A moor being an area with bogs."

mp[15]="former is to quondam as carriage is to ?"
mp0[15]="car"
mp1[15]="tandem"
mp2[15]="latter"
mp3[15]="quo"
mp4[15]="cart"
mp5[15]="bicycle"
mps[15]=1
mpx[15]="tandem. I guess this one is a bit tough, so here are some hints. The answer has a 'dam' type of ending as in quondam. A tandem is a cart (although the word has other, better known meanings). We received many answers, but this is the \"best\" one, as far as I can tell."

mp[16]="&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ware<br>e.g. The Great Wall of China<br><br>What does the above puzzle mean?"
mp0[16]="Hardware"
mp1[16]="Software"
mp2[16]="Long underwear"
mp3[16]="Lingerie"
mp4[16]="Double chin"
mp5[16]="On the wall"
mps[16]=2
mpx[16]="Long underwear. The Great Wall of China is long, and it is written under \"ware,\" which sounds the same as the word wear."

mp[17]="Gilmore game Strike<br><br>What does the above puzzle mean?"
mp0[17]="happy-go-lucky"
mp1[17]="three strikes and you're out"
mp2[17]="Pink Floyd"
mp3[17]="go west"
mp4[17]="rhinestone cowboy"
mp5[17]="Dolly Parton"
mps[17]=0
mpx[17]="happy-go-lucky. Happy Gilmore, go is a game, and Lucky Strike (cigarettes)"

mp[18]="Gilmore game Strike<br><br>What does the above puzzle mean?"
mp0[18]="THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT"
mp1[18]="PINK FLOYD"
mp2[18]="LUCKY STRIKE"
mp3[18]="WITH A LITTLE MORE LOVE"
mp4[18]="NO MAN'S LAND"
mp5[18]="GIRLS NIGHT OUT"
mps[18]=5
mpx[18]="GIRLS NIGHT OUT<br><br>GILMORE______ (GIRLS)<br>GAME_______(NIGHT)<br>STRIKE_______(OUT)"

mp[19]="Voice is to Yoakam as Razor is to ?"
mp0[19]="Webcam"
mp1[19]="Yoke"
mp2[19]="Gillette"
mp3[19]="Blade"
mp4[19]="Occam"
mp5[19]="Barber"
mps[19]=4
mpx[19]="Occam or Ockham. To learn more about Will (as we call him here at Puzz.com), or his Razor, go to http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Occam%27s+Razor - just as Yoakam uses his voice (he's a singer), Occam used his Razor. The names are spelled somewhat similarly, and sound very similar as well."

mp[20]="strung is to tied as ham is to ?"
mp0[20]="bacon"
mp1[20]="pork"
mp2[20]="string"
mp3[20]="hog"
mp4[20]="guitar"
mp5[20]="eggs"
mps[20]=3
mpx[20]="hog. Hamstrung and hogtied. Some people answered \"tongue\" (as in tongue-tied) and other things, but they lack the porcine element, and hamstrung and hogtied have very similar meanings. I noticed that many of our non-US respondents who often get the puzzles right missed this one, so I am betting \"hogtied\" is a more commonly used word in the US, giving you \"locals\" an unfair advantage on this one :-)"

mp[21]="Decide which of the following does not belong with the others:"
mp0[21]="Taurus"
mp1[21]="dog"
mp2[21]="pit"
mp3[21]="hitting the target"
mp4[21]="telling a lie"
mp5[21]="running a mile"
mps[21]=5
mpx[21]="running a mile. The others all involve the word BULL in some way. The zodiac sign Taurus is a bull, a type of dog is a bulldog, there is a pitbull dog, hitting the target can be called a bull's eye, and telling a lie is often referred to as bull, or a derivative of it :-). I received alternate answers, but in no case could I find how \"running a mile\" was strongly associated with a bull, which leaves it the \"odd one out.\" Bull Run and The Running of the Bulls were mentioned, but the \"mile\" part could not be tied in."

mp[22]="For this puzzler, 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>fish (----) bad"
mp0[22]="chat"
mp1[22]="shad"
mp2[22]="mead"
mp3[22]="lad"
mp4[22]="crab"
mp5[22]="spad"
mps[22]=1
mpx[22]="shad"

mp[23]="Paul likes jam, but not jelly. He likes chips, but not taters. He'll eat a sandwich, but not a burger. Which of the following will he definitely NOT eat:"
mp0[23]="fries"
mp1[23]="soup"
mp2[23]="taco"
mp3[23]="orange"
mp4[23]="lemon"
mp5[23]="cherry"
mps[23]=5
mpx[23]="cherry. Paul doesn't like foods that have more than one of the same letter in them."

mp[24]="Celebrity Synonymous Silliness<br><br>Decide what famous person's name is suggested:<br><br>hirsute male child of Prefect"
mp0[24]="Sylvester Stallone"
mp1[24]="Julius Caesar"
mp2[24]="Marlon Brando"
mp3[24]="Harrison Ford"
mp4[24]="Steve Reeves"
mp5[24]="John Travolta"
mps[24]=3
mpx[24]="Harrison (hairy son) Ford - Ford Prefect is a character in <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword=hitchhiker's+guide&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle\">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> books."

mp[25]="Celebrity Synonymous Silliness<br><br>Decide what famous person's name is suggested:<br><br>El San Parton"
mp0[25]="Shania Twain"
mp1[25]="Dolly Parton"
mp2[25]="Marlon Brando"
mp3[25]="John Travolta"
mp4[25]="Napoleon"
mp5[25]="Salvador Dali"
mps[25]=5
mpx[25]="Salvador Dali - El Salvador is a country, with San Salvador being its capital; Dali is pronounced and spelled somewhat the same way as Dolly, as in Dolly Parton."

mp[26]="I am a type of milk that is used as a beverage. Remove my first 3 letters, and you have what happens when you fire at a target, but do not strike it. What am I?"
mp0[26]="koumiss"
mp1[26]="chocolate"
mp2[26]="coco"
mp3[26]="fail"
mp4[26]="buttermilk"
mp5[26]="surmise"
mps[26]=0
mpx[26]="koumiss"

mp[27]="RIN WHO? Ring-a-ling, ding-a-ling! What 16 letter word is the answer to this teaser? P.S. Your spelling must be perfect!"
mp0[27]="tintinabullation"
mp1[27]="tinntinabulation"
mp2[27]="tintinnabulasion"
mp3[27]="tintinnabulation"
mp4[27]="tintinaboulation"
mp5[27]="Trrrrinnnnnggg!"
mps[27]=3
mpx[27]="tintinnabulation"

mp[28]="I am a famous Shawnee. Remove my 3rd to last letter, and then read the remaining last 3 letters backward, and you have an edge, rim or border. My first letter is the last letter in a word for ice cream in a glass with syrup and whipped cream (are you hungry yet? Are you?). Tell me:<br><br>1. Who I am and<br><br>2. What the \"ice cream in a glass\" word indicated above is."
mp0[28]="1. Squaw , 2. milkshake"
mp1[28]="1. Sitting Bull , 2. sorbet"
mp2[28]="1. Winnetou , 2. cocktail"
mp3[28]="1. Tecumseh , 2. parfait"
mp4[28]="1. Quetzlqoatl , 2. Irish coffee"
mp5[28]="1. Little Rock , 2. Pisang Ambon"
mps[28]=3
mpx[28]="1. Tecumseh. The backward word was hem.<br><br>2. parfait."

mp[29]="If a body of water possesses a prime number, duplications attempt to do us harm, and a phone company has just been purchased by a feudal leader, what 3 related things are we talking about?"
mp0[29]="H<sub>2</sub>O, Double Dutch, Alexander G. Bell"
mp1[29]="Ocean's Eleven, Attack of the Clones, Lord of the Rings"
mp2[29]="The seven seas, Copycat, Charlemagne"
mp3[29]="Loch Ness, Invasion of the body snatchers, The ring of truth"
mp4[29]="Two buckets of water, It's raining men, Thought I'd ring you"
mp5[29]="It never rains in California, Two become one, Ring ring"
mps[29]=1
mpx[29]="I had intended the three movie titles of \"Ocean's Eleven,\" \"Attack of the Clones,\" and \"Lord of the Rings.\" Yes, the phone company/rings bit was cheesy, but maybe a good association teaser."

mp[30]="Each of the following words is extremely unique. In light of this uniqueness, decide which word does not belong with the others:"
mp0[30]="formula"
mp1[30]="atheism"
mp2[30]="tenant"
mp3[30]="wonderful"
mps[30]=1
mpx[30]="atheism. The sound of the beginning of each is a number or numeric: formula = 4, atheism = 8th, tenant = 10, wonderful = 1. Atheism is different from the others because it produces something other than an integer (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)."

mp[31]="For a certain 267 foot barbed wire fence, a post is planted every 3 feet to hold up the fence. How many posts are needed?"
mp0[31]="88"
mp1[31]="89"
mp2[31]="90"
mp3[31]="91"
mp4[31]="92"
mp5[31]="93"
mps[31]=2
mpx[31]="90. If you divided 267 by 3 and answered 89, you forgot that there has to be a post at each end of the fence. It could, however, be 89 if it were a circular fence."

mp[32]="Nails is to Bed as Humor is to ?"
mp0[32]="Pain"
mp1[32]="Sleep"
mp2[32]="Tumor"
mp3[32]="Laugh"
mp4[32]="Joke"
mp5[32]="Sense"
mps[32]=5
mpx[32]="Sense. Sense of humor and bed of nails are common terms."

mp[33]="What term is suggested by the following:<br><br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Canine*<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Canine<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Canine"
mp0[33]="Top dog"
mp1[33]="Nine cans"
mp2[33]="Dog trick"
mp3[33]="Dog fight"
mp4[33]="In the dog house"
mp5[33]="Best in show"
mps[33]=0
mpx[33]="Top dog."

mp[34]="Arrows is to Fletcher as Crossword Puzzles is to ?"
mp0[34]="puzzler"
mp1[34]="journalist"
mp2[34]="sketcher"
mp3[34]="cruciverbalist"
mp4[34]="filatelist"
mp5[34]="cruiser"
mps[34]=3
mpx[34]="cruciverbalist. A cruciverbalist makes crossword puzzles, and a fletcher makes arrows."

mp[35]="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 painted white, and two other sides are painted black?"
mp0[35]="1"
mp1[35]="2"
mp2[35]="3"
mp3[35]="4"
mp4[35]="5"
mp5[35]="6"
mps[35]=2
mpx[35]="3"

mp[36]="Furious is to Fast as Rye is to ?"
mp0[36]="Whiskey"
mp1[36]="Catcher"
mp2[36]="Fist"
mp3[36]="Barley"
mp4[36]="Field"
mp5[36]="Grain"
mps[36]=1
mpx[36]="Catcher. The Fast and the Furious and the Catcher in the Rye are both titles (no, \"and the\" and \"in the\" are not identical, but \"Catcher\" is still the best answer, as far as I can tell :-)"

mp[37]="Betty is filling a tub that can hold 8 liters of water. It is filling at the rate of 0.5 liters per minute. The problem is that it has a leak, and is draining at the rate of 0.04 liters per minute. To the nearest second, how long will it take Betty to fill the tub?"
mp0[37]="15 minutes and 42 seconds"
mp1[37]="15 minutes and 59 seconds"
mp2[37]="16 minutes exactly"
mp3[37]="16 minutes and 12 seconds"
mp4[37]="17 minutes and 23 seconds"
mp5[37]="17 minutes and 45 seconds"
mps[37]=4
mpx[37]="17 minutes and 23 seconds. The tub is being filled at an effective rate of 0.5 - 0.04 = 0.46 liters per minute. The formula is then:<br><br>8 liters = 0.46 liters/min x time<br><br>divide 8 liters by 0.46 liters/min, and you get the answer."

mp[38]="I am known for my Code. If you add a letter before my last one, then my first 3 letters are never eaten by my last 5 letters. Who am I?"
mp0[38]="Morse"
mp1[38]="Marconi"
mp2[38]="Turing"
mp3[38]="Thoth"
mp4[38]="Hamurabi"
mp5[38]="Chufu"
mps[38]=4
mpx[38]="Hamurabi. The words referred to are ham and rabbi."

mp[39]="I explode. Change my first letter, and I will slow you down. My last 4 letters, when read backward, are something relatively clean you might exclaim if something bad happens. What am I?"
mp0[39]="grenade"
mp1[39]="petard"
mp2[39]="bomb"
mp3[39]="kartets"
mp4[39]="molotov"
mp5[39]="morter"
mps[39]=1
mpx[39]="petard. A petard is a small bomb used to blow down a door or wall. Change the first letter p to r and you get retard which will slow you down. The last 4 letters backward spell drat which is something relatively clean you might exclaim if something bad happens."

mp[40]="Decide what word or name does not belong with the others in this set. Look for the BEST answer:"
mp0[40]="Knife"
mp1[40]="Revolver"
mp2[40]="Wrench"
mp3[40]="Pipe"
mp4[40]="Axe"
mp5[40]="Rope"
mps[40]=4
mpx[40]="Axe. The others are weapons in a game of Clue."

mp[41]="B.F. is (in?)famous for me, and if you remove my first letter, you have an animal. What am I?"
mp0[41]="Box"
mp1[41]="Pox"
mp2[41]="Scat"
mp3[41]="Prat"
mp4[41]="Brat"
mp5[41]="Cape"
mps[41]=0
mpx[41]="Box. I was told in college that B.F. Skinner actually had his daughter in a Skinner Box, but the information at http://www.urbanlegends.com/medical/skinner_box.html debunks this."

mp[42]="I am a type of punch. Read backward, my last 3 letters are what you are breathing. Add a letter after my first letter, and another letter before my last letter, and you have an imaginary paradise. What am I?"
mp0[42]="bowl"
mp1[42]="aria"
mp2[42]="sangria"
mp3[42]="utopia"
mp4[42]="uppercut"
mp5[42]="poke"
mps[42]=2
mpx[42]="sangria. The other words were air and shangrila."

mp[43]="Decide which item in this group does not belong with the others:"
mp0[43]="ski"
mp1[43]="dead"
mp2[43]="off"
mp3[43]="shoot"
mp4[43]="face"
mps[43]=3
mpx[43]="shoot. The others become a new word or term when the word \"lift\" is placed before or after them."

mp[44]="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:"
mp0[44]="horse"
mp1[44]="polish"
mp2[44]="tie"
mp3[44]="gum"
mp4[44]="thread"
mps[44]=4
mpx[44]="thread. The others are related to the word \"shoe.\""

mp[45]="If you have fastened your shoe, closed the door, and picked up some sticks, what would you do next?"
mp0[45]="Break them"
mp1[45]="Use them to start a fire, and cook dinner over it"
mp2[45]="Use them to start a fire, and use the smoke of the fire to send messages"
mp3[45]="Store them for later use"
mp4[45]="Arrange them so that they are parallel to each other"
mp5[45]="Sell them as kindling"
mps[45]=4
mpx[45]="If you have fastened your shoe, closed the door, and picked up some sticks, what would you do next?<br><br>Arrange them so that they are parallel to each other. This is from the childhood rhyme \"One, Two, Buckle My Shoe,\" which goes:<br><br>One, two, buckle my shoe;<br>Three, four, shut the door;<br>Five, six, pick up sticks;<br>Seven, eight, lay them straight...(and so on :0)"

mp[46]="Which of the following does not belong with the others?"
mp0[46]="Teddy"
mp1[46]="George"
mp2[46]="Abe"
mp3[46]="John"
mp4[46]="Thomas"
mps[46]=3
mpx[46]="John. The other four are former Presidents who have their faces carved on Mount Rushmore."

mp[47]="Engine That Could is to Little as Monkey Trial is to ?"
mp0[47]="Great"
mp1[47]="Hairy"
mp2[47]="Big"
mp3[47]="Scopes"
mp4[47]="Disney"
mp5[47]="MacDonald's"
mps[47]=3
mpx[47]="Scopes. The Little Engine that Could is a well known children's story, and the Scopes Monkey Trial was an event that took place."

mp[48]="Zhivago is to Sharif as Detroit is to ?"
mp0[48]="Cars"
mp1[48]="Martin"
mp2[48]="Grant"
mp3[48]="Prince"
mp4[48]="Aykroyd"
mp5[48]="Brando"
mps[48]=4
mpx[48]="Aykroyd. Omar Sharif played Dr. Zhivago in the movie by that name, and Dan Aykroyd played Doctor Detroit in the movie by that name."

mp[49]="Enlightenment is to Illuminati as Fame is to ?"
mp0[49]="Bruno"
mp1[49]="Glitterati"
mp2[49]="Liberace"
mp3[49]="Sirtaki"
mp4[49]="Shame"
mp5[49]="Confetti"
mps[49]=1
mpx[49]="Glitterati. Illuminati are people who are enlightened, and glitterati are celebrities, and thus possess fame."

mp[50]="My first 3 letters are (formerly) a community of Russian peasants. I rhyme with the name of our planet. What am I?"
mp0[50]="BIRTH"
mp1[50]="WORTH"
mp2[50]="PAPAYA"
mp3[50]="MAYA"
mp4[50]="HURT"
mp5[50]="MIRTH"
mps[50]=5
mpx[50]="MIRTH"

mp[51]="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>Now solve this:<br><br>Wild Ox '99"
mp0[51]="ROUTE 66"
mp1[51]="BUFFALO '66"
mp2[51]="THE LONGHORN"
mp3[51]="THE LONG HOT SUMMER"
mp4[51]="99 LUFTBALLONS"
mp5[51]="1999"
mps[51]=1
mpx[51]="BUFFALO '66"

mp[52]="I created \"expanse of scenery with Hinomaru\". I was a postimpressionist painter, and you've probably heard of me."
mp0[52]="Pablo Picasso"
mp1[52]="Paul Gauguin"
mp2[52]="Salvador Dalí"
mp3[52]="Vincent Van Gogh"
mp4[52]="Piet Mondriaan"
mp5[52]="Pieter Breughel"
mps[52]=3
mpx[52]="Vincent Van Gogh. The actual painting was \"Landscape with Rising Sun\"."

mp[53]="I form part of the upper atmosphere of the earth. My first 2 letters are the name of a female in Greek mythology who was turned into a heifer by Zeus. What am I?"
mp0[53]="ionosphere"
mp1[53]="stratosphere"
mp2[53]="mesosphere"
mp3[53]="Van Allen Belt"
mp4[53]="Oort Cloud"
mp5[53]="troposphere"
mps[53]=0
mpx[53]="ionosphere"

mp[54]="Decide what word or name does not belong with the others in this set. Look for the BEST answer."
mp0[54]="Dewar"
mp1[54]="Tesla"
mp2[54]="snake"
mp3[54]="rope"
mps[54]=0
mpx[54]="Dewar. The other 3 items relate to the word \"coil.\" A snake can be coiled, rope can be in a coil, and a Tesla coil."

mp[55]="Decide what word or name does not belong with the others in this set. Look for the BEST answer."
mp0[55]="repute"
mp1[55]="Finnish"
mp2[55]="ego"
mp3[55]="Brown"
mp4[55]="iron"
mp5[55]="munch"
mps[55]=0
mpx[55]="repute. This is the only word/name given that cannot make a new word when a letter is removed from it. All of the others can (e.g. Finnish = finish, ego = go, Brown = brow, iron = ion, munch = much)."

mp[56]="I am a plant with pale yellow flowers. Add a letter to the end of me, and remove my first 3 letters, and you have a padded bed cover. What am I?"
mp0[56]="forget-me-not"
mp1[56]="lilly"
mp2[56]="sunflower"
mp3[56]="seqovia"
mp4[56]="mangrove"
mp5[56]="jonquil"
mps[56]=5
mpx[56]="jonquil. The padded bed cover referred to is a quilt."

mp[57]="I am the author of an opera that rhymes with the word roust. Cut me in half and read my last half backward, and you have a word meaning 'put on.' Who am I?"
mp0[57]="Dante"
mp1[57]="Wagner"
mp2[57]="Strauss"
mp3[57]="Verdi"
mp4[57]="Gounod"
mp5[57]="Goethe"
mps[57]=4
mpx[57]="Gounod. The opera was Faust."

mp[58]="I am \"3 smart guys.\" Remove my first and last letters, and you have an Atomic Symbol. What am I?"
mp0[58]="Stooges"
mp1[58]="Magi"
mp2[58]="Degrees"
mp3[58]="Troika"
mp4[58]="Shiva"
mp5[58]="Vishnu"
mps[58]=1
mpx[58]="Magi"

mp[59]="4 friends are sitting around a table playing cards. Larry sits across from Max; Sue sits across from the engineer, who sits to the right of the architect. Max sits across from the bartender, and Joe sits across from the programmer. What is each individual's occupation?"
mp0[59]="Joe is the programmer, Sue is the engineer, Larry is the architect, and Max is the bartender."
mp1[59]="Joe is the bartender, Sue is the architect, Larry is the programmer, and Max is the engineer."
mp2[59]="Joe is the engineer, Sue is the programmer, Larry is the bartender, and Max is the architect."
mp3[59]="Joe is the engineer, Sue is the bartender, Larry is the programmer, and Max is the architect."
mp4[59]="Joe is the architect, Sue is the programmer, Larry is the engineer, and Max is the bartender."
mp5[59]="Joe is the programmer, Sue is the engineer, Larry is the bartender, and Max is the architect."
mps[59]=2
mpx[59]="Joe is the engineer, Sue is the programmer, Larry is the bartender, and Max is the architect. The best way to solve logic problems like these is to draw diagrams of all of the relationships, and fill in what or who each person COULD be, and then move to determining who is what with certainty."

mp[60]="Kicking is to Foremost as Alive is to ?"
mp0[60]="Last"
mp1[60]="First"
mp2[60]="Best"
mp3[60]="Dead"
mp4[60]="Behind"
mp5[60]="Living"
mps[60]=1
mpx[60]="First. The analogy refers to the terms alive and kicking and first and foremost."

mp[61]="Witch is to Doctor as Wet is to ?"
mp0[61]="Voodoo"
mp1[61]="Water"
mp2[61]="Physician"
mp3[61]="Nurse"
mp4[61]="Surgeon"
mp5[61]="Urologist"
mps[61]=3
mpx[61]="Nurse. Witch doctor and wet nurse are both professions(?), the second word in each being standard medical professions."

mp[62]="What character who was an Old West hero has:<br><br>Part of the name of a California city<br><br>Part of the name of an actor who played a famous police officer<br><br>The name of a model of car?"
mp0[62]="Billy \"Corvette\" Clanton"
mp1[62]="Doc \"Pepper\" Holiday"
mp2[62]="Joe \"Falk\" Dalton"
mp3[62]="Robert Frisco de Camero"
mp4[62]="Peter Savallas"
mp5[62]="Don Diego de la Vega"
mps[62]=5
mpx[62]="Don Diego de la Vega, aka Zorro (San Diego, Don Johnson)"

mp[63]="I am a word that denotes that something lives or grows by or on rocks. My first 3 letters are a tool or musical instrument. What am I?"
mp0[63]="saxicolous"
mp1[63]="moss"
mp2[63]="penicilline"
mp3[63]="sawseedy"
mp4[63]="petrifactory"
mp5[63]="sawfernicious"
mps[63]=0
mpx[63]="According to dictionary.com, 'saxicolous' (and it's synonym 'saxicoline') means 'growing on or living among rocks.' The first 3 letters, 'sax,' is 'A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.' A 'sax' also is 'a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.'"

mp[64]="My last 4 letters are the same as the last 4 letters of what the Titanic hit. I am responsible for something that sounds the same as the \"boss\" in a school, but you might not be sure of what I am talking about. That something was important in the development of something else. If you were confused, you might think that the second something are extremely small people who work on cars. Who am I?"
mp0[64]="Alban Berg"
mp1[64]="Arnold Schönberg"
mp2[64]="Jakob Rosenberg"
mp3[64]="Werner Heisenberg"
mp4[64]="Kevin Overland"
mp5[64]="Herbert Neurenberg"
mps[64]=3
mpx[64]="Werner Heisenberg. Iceberg, uncertainty principle (principal and principle are homophones, and \"but you might not be sure of what I am talking about\" was a hint at the \"uncertainty\" part of it), Heisenberg's uncertainty principle played an important role in the development of quantum mechanics."

mp[65]="What do the following have in common?<br><br>Drink containing alcohol<br>A body of water<br>A famous anthropologist"
mp0[65]="rum"
mp1[65]="Hudson"
mp2[65]="cognac"
mp3[65]="bordeaux"
mp4[65]="mead"
mp5[65]="screwdriver"
mps[65]=4
mpx[65]="mead (drink with honey, Lake Mead, Margaret Mead)"

mp[66]="I am a singer. Remove my fourth letter, then add two of the same letter to me, and you have an alcoholic drink. Remove my last four letters, and you have something done by monks. What am I?"
mp0[66]="chanteuse"
mp1[66]="chanteur"
mp2[66]="prayer"
mp3[66]="kantorka"
mp4[66]="cantor"
mp5[66]="baritone"
mps[66]=0
mpx[66]="The answer is chanteuse. Remove the fourth letter and add the same letter \"r\" to the fourth and sixth positions and you get chartreuse which is a regional liqueur developed by Carthusian monks. Remove the last four letters and you get the word chant which is something done by monks."

mp[67]="Replace the question mark in the incomplete equation:<br><br>If 11111111 = 1234321<br><br>111111111111111111 = ?"
mp0[67]="123454321"
mp1[67]="12345678987654321"
mp2[67]="12321"
mp3[67]="98765432123456789"
mp4[67]="987656789"
mp5[67]="9876789"
mps[67]=1
mpx[67]="12345678987654321. Split the 1's in half in each equation, and multiply them together (in effect squaring one half):<br><br>1111 x 1111 = 1234321<br><br>111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321"

mp[68]="animal is to sacrifice as drink is to ?"
mp0[68]="toast"
mp1[68]="cheers"
mp2[68]="speech"
mp3[68]="libation"
mp4[68]="potation"
mp5[68]="a 40 for my homies who aren't here"
mps[68]=3
mpx[68]="libation. From Dictionary.com:<br><br>The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out. --Dryden.<br><br>A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. --Bacon.<br><br>Just as an animal is sacrificed, so is a drink (sometimes in conjunction with an animal sacrifice). Toast is not a good answer as it is not a sacrifice, as you consume vs. sacrifice the drink by pouring it on the ground. The answer of 'a 40 for my homies who aren't here' is the right idea, but the best and thus correct answer is summed up in 1 word :-)"

mp[69]="The following set of words suggests another set, also containing words. All of the words in the set not shown end with the same 5 letters. As a further hint, 2 of the words in this second set are related to psychic phenomena. What are the words in the second set?<br><br>society<br>religion<br>myths<br>numbers<br>handwriting<br>stars<br>universe<br>disease<br>life<br>animals"
mp0[69]="sociology<br>theology<br>mythology<br>numerology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmology<br>pathology<br>biology<br>zoology"
mp1[69]="sociology<br>theology<br>mythology<br>numberology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmology<br>parisitology<br>biology<br>zorology"
mp2[69]="sociology<br>reology<br>mythology<br>numerology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmetology<br>pathology<br>biology<br>zoology"
mp3[69]="sociology<br>theology<br>mythology<br>numberology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmology<br>parisitology<br>biology<br>zorology"
mp4[69]="sociology<br>reology<br>mythology<br>numerology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmetology<br>pathology<br>biology<br>zoology"
mp5[69]="sociology<br>theology<br>mythology<br>numberology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmology<br>parisitology<br>biology<br>zorology"
mps[69]=0
mpx[69]="sociology<br>theology<br>mythology<br>numerology<br>graphology<br>astrology<br>cosmology<br>pathology<br>biology<br>zoology"

mp[70]="The Trials of MocTodZzup (Part I)<br><br>The unsung Greek hero MocTodZzup was placed on a quest, and had to undergo many trials and tribulations. This was because like Prometheus, he had angered the gods, except in this case MocTodZzup had not brought fire to mankind, but instead ambrosia, which we know as chocolate (some mythologists have suggested that ambrosia was actually honey, but now you know otherwise).<br><br>MocTodZzup, who was simply called MTZ by his friends (pronounced 'empty-Z'), was not forced to clean the Augean stables, nor was he chained to a rock to have his liver eaten daily by an eagle, or forced to push a rock up a hill endlessly like Sisyphus. No, MTZ's fate was much worse for bringing delicious chocolate to mankind: he had to answer riddles.<br><br>So, with a box of delicious truffles just out of reach, a very hungry MTZ was faced with his first riddle. Answer it, or go without his 'fix' for the day (egads!). His first inquisitor was Athena.<br><br>'I am not talking about the journey and trials of Odysseus,' the powerful goddess said, 'but of how God can be good if there is evil in the world. What am I?'"
mp0[70]="Religion"
mp1[70]="Faith"
mp2[70]="Morality"
mp3[70]="Cogency"
mp4[70]="Theodicy"
mp5[70]="Epistemology"
mps[70]=4
mpx[70]="Theodicy (pronounced much like 'The-Odyssey'). The adventures of Odysseus are known as The Odyssey. Theodicy is the attempt to rationally justify the belief that God is all-good, and all-powerful, despite the presence of evil in the world."

mp[71]="throw out of a window is to DEFENESTRATE as swing from one branch or hold to another is to ?"
mp0[71]="BRANCHESTRATE"
mp1[71]="GRABIATE"
mp2[71]="SWINGESTRATE"
mp3[71]="DEFENIATE"
mp4[71]="BRACHIATE"
mp5[71]="GRABESTRATE"
mps[71]=4
mpx[71]="BRACHIATE"

mp[72]="5 of the following numbered items have something in common. Determine which item does not share the common feature:"
mp0[72]="floor covering (6 letters)"
mp1[72]="soldier's musket (6 letters)"
mp2[72]="dead body (7 letters)"
mp3[72]="group of vehicles traveling in a file (7 letters)"
mp4[72]="permanent profession (6 letters)"
mp5[72]="merry-go-round (8 letters)"
mps[72]=1
mpx[72]="soldier's musket (6 letters). All of the other words alluded to begin with the letters <b>CAR</b>: 1) carpet 3) carcass 4) caravan 5) career 6)carousel. No such word exists for 'soldier's musket' that contains 6 letters."

mp[73]="I am supposed to be filled with gold<br>If you could only find my road<br>As to which America, you would look in the South<br>What am I?"
mp0[73]="Shangri-la"
mp1[73]="Xanadu"
mp2[73]="Nirvana"
mp3[73]="Canaan"
mp4[73]="El Dorado"
mp5[73]="Galapagos Islands"
mps[73]=4
mpx[73]="El Dorado, the fabled city of gold that many explorers searched for in vain."

mp[74]="There is something unusual about the following words, and it has nothing to do with their meanings. What does it have to do with?<br><br>maillot nomad bole vendeuse chicken xanthene zeitgeist"
mp0[74]="keyboard"
mp1[74]="misspellings"
mp2[74]="alliteration"
mp3[74]="name brands"
mp4[74]="authors"
mp5[74]="ambidexterity"
mps[74]=0
mpx[74]="Each word begins with a letter of the alphabet which is typed on the bottom row of a standard keyboard. From right to left, these letters are: M,N,B,V,C,X,Z."

mp[75]="OH, WHAT A FIGURE<br><br>6 of the following items can be used to make a 6-sided figure. Determine which 2 are not needed:<br><br><b>A. /<br>B. /<br>C. __<br>D. __<br>E. \\<br>F. \\<br>G. <<br>H. ></b>"
mp0[75]="A & D"
mp1[75]="B & C"
mp2[75]="E & F"
mp3[75]="G & H"
mp4[75]="B & E"
mp5[75]="C & G"
mps[75]=3
mpx[75]="G and H. They are not needed in making the following figure:<pre>\n __\n/  \\\n\\__/</pre>"

mp[76]="I am a fleet footed woman of legend. Remove 1 of my letters and you have a well known city in the United States. Who am I?"
mp0[76]="Bouston"
mp1[76]="Houstana"
mp2[76]="Odallas"
mp3[76]="Newkark"
mp4[76]="Seatotle"
mp5[76]="Atalanta"
mps[76]=5
mpx[76]="The answer is Atalanta. Take away one of the letters ('a') in her name and you get Atlanta which is a well known city in Georgia, USA. Atalanta was the fastest runner alive, a brave and beautiful woman far ahead of her time. She even got to hang out with Jason and the Argonauts, joining them on the Quest for the Golden Fleece."

mp[77]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">HOME ALONE<br><br>Which home below is incomplete?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/lloyd4.jpg\" HEIGHT=135 WIDTH=389>"
mp0[77]="A"
mp1[77]="B"
mp2[77]="C"
mp3[77]="D"
mp4[77]="E"
mp5[77]="All of the above"
mps[77]=5
mpx[77]="ABODE (all of the above). The O in ABCDE is incomplete.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074944004X/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Test Your Creative Thinking: Enhance Your Lateral Thinking - Learn to Think Outside the Box</a>."

mp[78]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">TRENDSETTER<br><br>What six-letter word is missing from this sequence?<br><br>DIRECT<br>ROLE<br>OCCIDENTAL<br>DARE<br>??????<br>SHADOW<br>AMUSED</FONT></FONT></B>"
mp0[78]="COWARD"
mp1[78]="BALLAD"
mp2[78]="ANSWER"
mp3[78]="SILVER"
mp4[78]="PUZZLE"
mp5[78]="TEASER"
mps[78]=2
mpx[78]="ANSWER. The middle two letters of each word become the first and last letter of the next one.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074944004X/chimerasiqpuzze\">Test Your Creative Thinking: Enhance Your Lateral Thinking - Learn to Think Outside the Box</a>."

mp[79]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">ALPHABET TICKLE<br><br>Take away one of the letters in this grid and yet still leave all 26 letters of the alphabet. Which letter can be taken away?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/lloyd5.jpg\" HEIGHT=208 WIDTH=247>"
mp0[79]="Q"
mp1[79]="I"
mp2[79]="L"
mp3[79]="R"
mp4[79]="O"
mp5[79]="H"
mps[79]=0
mpx[79]="Q (see below)<br><br><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/lloydanspuzzle2.jpg\" HEIGHT=208 WIDTH=247><br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074944004X/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Test Your Creative Thinking: Enhance Your Lateral Thinking - Learn to Think Outside the Box</a>."

mp[80]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">THE MAGIC WORD<br><br>After hours of searching the castle you eventually find the mysterious Room 88 at the end of a long gloomy corridor. Appropriately enough, it has 'R88' on it. You try to open the door, but it is locked. Suddenly a ghostly voice from inside murmurs: 'Say the magic word and the door will open.' What word should you say?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/lloyd6.jpg\" HEIGHT=91 WIDTH=141>"
mp0[80]="WARLOCK"
mp1[80]="ABRACADABRA"
mp2[80]="MAGIC"
mp3[80]="WIZARD"
mp4[80]="HOCUS-POCUS"
mp5[80]="VOODOO"
mps[80]=5
mpx[80]="VOODOO. The figure given for R88 contains the letters in VOODOO.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074944004X/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Test Your Creative Thinking: Enhance Your Lateral Thinking - Learn to Think Outside the Box</a>."

mp[81]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">GIVE ME FIVE!<br><br>5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, ?<br><br>Can you find the number below, which comes next in the above series?<br><br>6, 15, 18, 20, 25.</FONT></FONT></B>"
mp0[81]="6"
mp1[81]="15"
mp2[82]="18"
mp3[81]="20"
mp4[81]="25"
mp5[81]="None of the above"
mps[81]=5
mpx[81]="None of the above. The answer is FORTY. Substitute the numbers 6, 15, 18, 20 and 25 for the corresponding letters in the alphabet.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074944004X/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Test Your Creative Thinking: Enhance Your Lateral Thinking - Learn to Think Outside the Box</a>."

mp[82]="Apples, oranges, pears, and lemons are respectively in descending order of price, each piece of fruit priced exactly $0.05 less than the previous one. If you spend $2.02, buy at least 1 of each fruit, and none of the fruit is free, what is the maximum total number of pieces of fruit you could have purchased? What is the minimum number?"
mp0[82]="18 and 5"
mp1[82]="76 and 5"
mp2[82]="172 and 5"
mp3[82]="18 and 4"
mp4[82]="76 and 4"
mp5[82]="172 and 4"
mps[82]=5
mpx[82]="The maximum number is 172, as follows:<br><br>one $0.16 apple<br>one $0.11 orange<br>one $0.06 pear<br>169 $0.01 lemons<br>total price: $2.02<br><br>The minimum number is 4, as follows:<br><br>one $0.58 apple<br>one $0.53 orange<br>one $0.48 pear<br>one $0.43 lemon"

mp[83]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">WHAT'S SHAKING?</FONT></FONT></B><br><br>5 of the words and names below relate to a word that is not listed. Determine which of the 6 words and names listed has no relationship with the missing word:"
mp0[83]="chloride"
mp1[83]="preservative"
mp2[83]="Quakers"
mp3[83]="Lot"
mp4[83]="Pepa"
mp5[83]="taffy"
mps[83]=2
mpx[83]="Quakers. All of the other words relate to the word SALT:<br>(sodium) chloride is table salt<br>salt is a preservative<br>Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt (Old Testament)<br>Salt 'n' Pepa are famous musicians<br>saltwater taffy is a very tasty candy<br><br>Also, the title of the puzzle hinted at a shaker of salt."

mp[84]="I am a word for something believed to turn metals into gold, or to make someone immortal. Remove my last 2 letters, and add a letter to the beginning of me, and you have a cat or (with a different letter) something in duplicate associated with DNA. What am I?"
mp0[84]="arfieldan"
mp1[84]="elixir"
mp2[84]="ritzar"
mp3[84]="elinete"
mp4[84]="ougarim"
mp5[84]="lvesterga"
mps[84]=1
mpx[84]="The answer is ELIXIR, the imaginary substance that is supposed to prolong life and change base metals into gold. Remove the last two letters and add F to the beginning and you get FELIX (as in Felix the Cat) or add H to get HELIX (a spiral) of thich there are two of in DNA (hence the term, Double Helix). Our thanks to Gerry from Tipperary, Ireland, for this answer."

mp[85]="You are a contestant on the game show <i>Show Me the Metals!</i> You are told that a square table has one item at each of its corners, although not necessarily in the following order: bag, barrel, chest, and coffer. Exactly one of each item is on the table. Each item contains one of the following, again not necessarily in order: copper, silver, gold and platinum. Exactly one of each metal is on the table. You must determine which items contains which metals. If you solve the puzzle, you win 1 million newly minted pennies from <i>Show Me the Metals!</i> Here are the clues:<br><br>The bag is diagonal to the item containing gold<br>The chest is diagonal to the item containing platinum<br>The barrel is diagonal to the item containing copper<br>The coffer is diagonal to the item containing silver<br>The barrel is not diagonal to the chest<br>The coffer is not diagonal to the bag<br>The copper is not diagonal to the gold"
mp0[85]="The Copper is in the Bag<br>The Silver is in the Barrel<br>The Gold is in the Chest<br>The Platinum is in the Coffer<br>"
mp1[85]="The Platinum is in the Bag<br>The Silver is in the Barrel<br>The Gold is in the Chest<br>The Copper is in the Coffer<br>"
mp2[85]="The Platinum is in the Bag<br>The Gold is in the Barrel<br>The Silver is in the Chest<br>The Copper is in the Coffer<br>"
mp3[85]="The Silver is in the Bag<br>The Platinum is in the Barrel<br>The Gold is in the Chest<br>The Copper is in the Coffer<br>"
mp4[85]="The Gold is in the Bag<br>The Copper is in the Barrel<br>The Platinum is in the Chest<br>The Silver is in the Coffer<br>"
mp5[85]="The Gold is in the Bag<br>The Copper is in the Barrel<br>The Silver is in the chest<br>The Platinum is in the Coffer"
mps[85]=1
mpx[85]="The Platinum is in the Bag<br>The Silver is in the Barrel<br>The Gold is in the Chest<br>The Copper is in the Coffer"

mp[86]="No, I'm not the guy from 3 popular movies, nor a deity. But I am the smallest unit, such as the word <i>him</i> or the <i>-ing</i> in <i>talking</i> that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful parts. What am I?"
mp0[86]="throth"
mp1[86]="hadis"
mp2[86]="zue"
mp3[86]="rae"
mp4[86]="athene"
mp5[86]="morpheme"
mps[86]=5
mpx[86]="morpheme. The clues related to the similarly spelled name Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams and the character from the 3 <i>Matrix</i> movies."

mp[87]="Determine what the following 4 items have in common:<br><br>Constant walk ton gang"
mp0[87]="chain/train"
mp1[87]="ambulate/funambulate"
mp2[87]="try/triad"
mp3[87]="nectar/vector"
mp4[87]="prod/proud"
mp5[87]="plank/planck"
mps[87]=5
mpx[87]="They have PLANK (PLANCK) in common.<br><br>PLANCK's Constant - from quantum mechanics (physics)<br><br>'walk the PLANK' - pirate execution<br><br>PLANKton - tiny marine animals<br><br>gangPLANK - used to get on and off a ship. Thanks to Al Siller, Rockville, MD, for this answer."

mp[88]="A spy is trying to crack the code to a safe used by a terrorist organization. The spy has these unique clues:<br><br>The code contains exactly 4 single digit numbers<br>3 of the numbers are primes<br>3 of the numbers are odd<br>The numbers are in descending order<br>The number 5 is not one of the numbers<br>A Revolution relates to the first number, at least for Beatles fans<br><br>What is the code?"
mp0[88]="7653"
mp1[88]="7632"
mp2[88]="7321"
mp3[88]="9873"
mp4[88]="9732"
mp5[88]="9731"
mps[88]=4
mpx[88]="9732<br><br>-it is 4 digits.<br>-only single digit primes are: 2,3,5,7<br>-since 3 of the numbers are odd, 2 should be the even prime.<br>-since 5 is not one one of them, that leaves 2,3 and 7<br>-<i>Revolution #9</i> is a beatles song, so the 4th digit is 9.<br>-thus, the numbers are 2,3,7, & 9 and the fact that 3 of the numbers are odd is extra info.<br>-since they are in descending order, the number is: 9,7,3,2. Thanks to Gustavo Zardeneta for this answer."

mp[89]="2 trains are going to pass through the same tunnel, on two separate tracks. One train is headed south, the other north, and both are traveling at 30 miles/hour. Both trains are exactly half of a mile in length, and the tunnel is one mile long. Half of the northbound train is into the tunnel, and the southbound train is 1 mile from the tunnel. Exactly how much time will pass before:<br><br>1. The trains first meet AND<br><br>2. The trains fully pass one another?"
mp0[89]="95 and 185 seconds"
mp1[89]="100 and 160 seconds"
mp2[89]="105 and 165 seconds"
mp3[89]="115 and 155 seconds"
mp4[89]="100 and 180 seconds"
mp5[89]="90 and 180 seconds"
mps[89]=2
mpx[89]="105 and 165 seconds.<br><br>The two trains are now 1-3/4 miles apart. Since each train is going 30 mph, they are moving towards each other at an effective rate of 60 mph. Therefore, they will meet in 1-3/4 minutes or 105 seconds.<br><br>The trains will fully pass each other at 2-3/4 miles (2-3/4 minutes) or 165 seconds. Thanks to Shirley Wolf, Rockville, MD, for this explanation."

mp[90]="Determine what letters should replace the question marks in each of the following 3 series:<br><br>A K Q J T N E S S F F ?<br><br>K P C O F G ?<br><br>E G B D ?"
mp0[90]="T, S, F"
mp1[90]="L, S, R"
mp2[90]="L, R, F"
mp3[90]="X, M, G"
mp4[90]="N, Q, D"
mp5[90]="N, H, K"
mps[90]=0
mpx[90]="T, S, F:<br><br>T - Deck of cards (Ace, King, Queen, ..., Five, Four, Three)<br><br>S - KPCOFGS (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)<br><br>F - EGBDF (Music--Lines of the treble staff)<br><br>The 2nd series is commonly remembered as 'King Philip Came Over From Germany Saturday,' and I think there is another well known mnemonic device out there, but I don't recall it.<br><br>The 3rd series is commonly remembered as 'Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge' or 'Every Good Boy Does Fine.'"

mp[91]="Given the first two complete equations, determine what should replace the ? in the last one:<br><br>S x B = S x S x L<br><br>F - Y = Q<br><br>M (W + P) = C x ?"
mp0[91]="C"
mp1[91]="F"
mp2[91]="L"
mp3[91]="M"
mp4[91]="P"
mp5[91]="Q"
mps[91]=3
mpx[91]="M. All of the letters represent numbers. There are a few ways that different numbers can be substituted for the letters, but the answer is still always M. Here is one substitution that works:<br><br>In the alphabet, start with K=1, L=2, M=3... Z=16, A=17, B=18... J=26:<br><br>9 x 18 = 9 x 9 x 2<br>22 - 15 = 7<br>3 (13 + 6) = 19 x 3"

mp[92]="Remove my last 6 letters and you have a tide. I am a type of ice cream. What am I?"
mp0[92]="chocolate"
mp1[92]="vanilla"
mp2[92]="sherbert"
mp3[92]="Butter Brickle"
mp4[92]="strawberry"
mp5[92]="None of the above"
mps[92]=5
mpx[92]="None of the above. 'Neapolitan' is a type of ice cream with layers of vanilla, chocolate, & strawberry. Removing the last 6 letters-'olitan,' leaves 'neap,' a very low tide."

mp[93]="Determine what word connects the 2 following items:<br><br>Lisa<br>Drowning<br><br>Decide what word connects these 2 items:<br><br>Supper, The<br>words, famous<br><br>Now, a famous person is connected to 2 of the items formed above. Who is it?"
mp0[93]="Lawrence Welk"
mp1[93]="Jimmy Stuart"
mp2[93]="Ed McMahon"
mp3[93]="Pablo Picasso"
mp4[93]="Leonardo da Vinci"
mp5[93]="None of the above"
mps[93]=4
mpx[93]="Leonardo da Vinci. Here is why:<br><br>The first 2 items, LISA and DROWNING, were changed into MONA LISA and DROWNING MONA, the first being a very famous painting, the second a less famous but still well known movie released in the year 2000 (with a cast including Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis and others), when MONA was added.<br><br>SUPPER, THE and WORDS, FAMOUS became THE LAST SUPPER and FAMOUS LAST WORDS. The first being a famous painting of Christ's last supper, the second being a common expression, both formed when LAST was added.<br><br>Leonardo da Vinci is famous for having painted MONA LISA and THE LAST SUPPER."

mp[94]="Decide what should replace the ? in the following analogy:<br><br>Foul smelling, not loud is to NOISOME as An Islamic individual, not a male bodybuilder is to ?"
mp0[94]="MUCHOMAN"
mp1[94]="ATHLITE"
mp2[94]="JOCKE"
mp3[94]="MUSSULMAN"
mp4[94]="TUGHMAN"
mp5[94]="None of the above"
mps[94]=3
mpx[94]="Mussulman"

mp[95]="What does the following mean?<br><br>30pointsgomezmorticiafesterpugsleyorless"
mp0[95]="Wednesday's score"
mp1[95]="Addam's apple"
mp2[95]="in the Lurch"
mp3[95]="It's not that bad"
mp4[95]="John Quincy Addams"
mp5[95]="None of the above"
mps[95]=2
mpx[95]="'In the Lurch'. Per Dictionary.com, lurch is 'the losing position of a cribbage player who scores 30 points or less to the winner's 61.' '30 points or less' is wrapped around Gomez, Morticia, Fester, and Pugsley; those names appear 'in the lurch' since lurch is in part on both sides of them. A hint that lurch/Lurch might be in the saying was that Lurch was one of the few Addams Family names that did not appear in the puzzle."

mp[96]="Choose which of the choices accurately replaces the BLANK in the following statement:<br><br>Yesterday evening we had pizza with our local Mensa group. A friend and I ordered a 16 inch pizza. If we had instead ordered the 10 inch, we would have had BLANK as much total pizza by comparison to the 16 inch."
mp0[96]="less than a fourth"
mp1[96]="less than half, but more than a fourth"
mp2[96]="half"
mp3[96]="more than half, but less than three fourths"
mp4[96]="more than than three fourths"
mp5[96]="None of the above"
mps[96]=1
mpx[96]="Less than half, but more than a fourth. The way to determine this is with the formula Area = Pi x Radius squared. The radius is half of the diameter, so we are working with the numbers 8 and 5. 25 is less than half, but more than a fourth of 64, so you can immediately see the answer.<br><br>A lot of people only see that 10 is more than half of 16, and thereby come to the wrong conclusion."

mp[97]="7 of the following words have something very unusual in common, and it is not related to the number of letters that they have. Which word does not share the feature that the others share?"
mp0[97]="hop"
mp1[97]="fort"
mp2[97]="elm"
mp3[97]="gimp"
mp4[97]="pry"
mp5[97]="envy"
mp6[97]="army"
mp7[97]="abhor"
mps[97]=6
mpx[97]="Army. All of the other words have all of their letters in alphabetical order."

mp[98]="In the following series of equations, a letter should replace each x that is given. 3 different letters are used. Determine how the series should appear.<br><br>64x = 16x = 8x = 2x = 1x"
mp0[98]="64s = 16r = 8t = 2t = 1r"
mp1[98]="64q = 16p = 8g = 2g = 1p"
mp2[98]="64r = 16s = 8r = 2t = 1s"
mp3[98]="64s = 16r = 8p = 2r = 1t"
mp4[98]="64g = 16p = 8q = 2g = 1p"
mp5[98]="None of the above"
mps[98]=4
mpx[98]="64g = 16p = 8q = 2g = 1p. These are equivalent measurements, as follows:<br><br>64 gills = 16 pints = 8 quarts = 2 gallons = 1 peck"

mp[99]="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. Now try to solve this:<br><br>An opening in the wall of a building : an evening meal"
mp0[99]="dinnier : dinner"
mp1[99]="scupper : supper"
mp2[99]="repaste : repast"
mp3[99]="crevice : crevie"
mp4[99]="passage : pasage"
mp5[99]="None of the above"
mps[99]=1
mpx[99]="scupper and supper"

mp[100]="The word ABSCOND contains the letters ABCD, and in that order. Can you find words that have the same property for BCDE, CDEF, and DEFG?"
mp0[100]="BCDE only"
mp1[100]="CDEF only"
mp2[100]="DEFG only"
mp3[100]="BCDE and CDEF only"
mp4[100]="CDEF and DEFG only"
mp5[100]="None of the above"
mps[100]=5
mpx[100]="None of the above. Words with all 3 of the properties can be found:<br><br>BCDE- brocade<br>CDEF- codefendant<br>DEFG- defrag<br><br>Other answers found when this was originally run as a contest include:<br><br>absconded, defog, defiling, blockade, indefatigable, barricade, deafening, backdate, candlesnuffer, defogger, debriefing, candlefish (I had never heard of this one before!), biocide, defragment, backside, decalcifying, & barcode.<br><br>There are surely others as well."

mp[101]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">A MAGIC SPELL<br><br>What magic word does this wizard say?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><center><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/puzzle1.jpg\"></center>"
mp0[101]="ABRACADABRA"
mp1[101]="VOODOO"
mp2[101]="GREMLIN"
mp3[101]="MERLIN"
mp4[101]="SHAZAM"
mp5[101]="None of the above"
mps[101]=1
mpx[101]="VOODOO. The wizard’s head, eyes, nose, mouth and hat are made up of the letters in 'VOODOO'<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411613309/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Amazing \"Aha!\" Puzzles</a>."

mp[102]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">CAT AND MOUSE<br><br>Cinderspeller the witch has six mischievous pet cats called Broomstick, Drusilla, Kat, Pumpkin, Theresa and Vanessa. One day one of these naughty cats catches and eats her pet mouse, Hazel. Can you figure out below which cat ate her?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><br><center><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/puzzle2.jpg\"></center>"
mp0[102]="Broomstick"
mp1[102]="Drusilla"
mp2[102]="Kat"
mp3[102]="Pumpkin"
mp4[102]="Theresa"
mp5[102]="Vanessa"
mps[102]=4
mpx[102]="Theresa. Replace the question mark in '? ATE HER' with the letter S to get 'S ATE HER', which is an anagram of 'THERESA'.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411613309/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Amazing \"Aha!\" Puzzles</a>."

mp[103]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">PICTURE IMPERFECT<br><br>Here is a picture showing two wigwams nestled amongst some trees on a Native American Indian reservation. What single thing is missing from the picture?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><br><center><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/puzzle5.jpg\"></center>"
mp0[103]="a large tree"
mp1[103]="a small tree"
mp2[103]="a wigwam"
mp3[103]="a tepee"
mp4[103]="a bonfire"
mp5[103]="None of the above"
mps[103]=0
mpx[103]="A large tree (actually a large club symbol). The picture is made up from the various elements on a four of clubs playing card.<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411613309/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Amazing \"Aha!\" Puzzles</a>."

mp[104]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">SITTING ROOM<br><br>Take away one of the letters below to leave <i>a chair</i>.</FONT></FONT></B><BR><br><center><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/puzzle7.jpg\"></center>"
mp0[104]="H"
mp1[104]="C"
mp2[104]="A"
mp3[104]="I"
mp4[104]="R"
mp5[104]="None of the above"
mps[104]=1
mpx[104]="Take away C to leave 'H-AIR' which sounds like \"a chair\".<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411613309/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Amazing \"Aha!\" Puzzles</a>."

mp[105]="<B><FONT FACE=\"Arial,Helvetica\"><FONT COLOR=\"#0000FF\">THE DISAPPEARING PARROT TRICK<br><br>Picture ‘A’ shows Polly the parrot in her cage. Where’s Polly gone in picture ‘B’?</FONT></FONT></B><BR><br><center><IMG SRC=\"http://www.puzz.com/puzzle9.jpg\"></center>"
mp0[105]="On top of the cage"
mp1[105]="Inside the cage toward the top"
mp2[105]="Behind the perch"
mp3[105]="Behind the cage"
mp4[105]="The bottom of the cage"
mp5[105]="None of the above"
mps[105]=4
mpx[105]="At the bottom of the cage where there is a polygon (Polly gone).<br><br>Source: This puzzle was used (with permission) from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=lloyd%20king&tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=\">Lloyd King's</a> book <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1411613309/chimerasiqpuzzle\">Amazing \"Aha!\" Puzzles</a>."

mp[106]="I am a musical instrument that was popular centuries ago, or I am a knapsack. Remove my last 3 letters, and I'm something that inspires. What am I?"
mp0[106]="musette"
mp1[106]="geniusese"
mp2[106]="revelationory"
mp3[106]="visionile"
mp4[106]="animusole"
mp5[106]="afflatusore"
mps[106]=0
mpx[106]="musette<br><br>A musette is a bellows-blown bagpipe popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries, or a small knapsack. After removing the last 3 letters you have 'muse', which is defined as 'a source of inspiration'."

mp[107]="I am a snack of foods like nuts & raisins. Read backward, I basically mean 'to beg.' Remove one of my letters, and you have something related to Republicans. What am I?"
mp0[107]="sarp"
mp1[107]="gelp"
mp2[107]="gorp"
mp3[107]="silg"
mp4[107]="sarg"
mp5[107]="None of the above"
mps[107]=2
mpx[107]="gorp<br><br>This is believed to possibly be an acronym of Good Old Raisins and Peanuts. Backwards it's prog: \"to wander about and beg.\" (per Dictionary.com); remove the 'R' in GORP to get GOP: Grand Old Party (Republican Party). For the many of you not familiar with the words gorp or prog, the GOP part was (hopefully) the best hint at the answer."

mp[108]="I'm a large sea bird, but if you change one of my letters, I become a mineral that is used as gemstones. What am I?"
mp0[108]="solan"
mp1[108]="gannet"
mp2[108]="gull"
mp3[108]="gall"
mp4[108]="endicot"
mp5[108]="None of the above"
mps[108]=1
mpx[108]="gannet is the sea bird, and garnet is the mineral mentioned in the clue."

mp[109]="I can be used to describe someone who is rude & full of himself or herself, not something or someone that is extremely funny. What am I?"
mp0[109]="vainglorious"
mp1[109]="supercilious"
mp2[109]="hoity-toity"
mp3[109]="whimsical"
mp4[109]="pretentious"
mp5[109]="None of the above"
mps[109]=1
mpx[109]="supercilious. Supercilious is pronounced the same as 'super silly-ous', thus the clue that it is \"not something or someone that is extremely funny.\" Thanks to Shirley Wolf for this explanation. Shirley solved this puzzle when it was originally posed as a contest in 2003."

mp[110]="I mean foolish, not the past tense of devouring something that produces a nice smell when burned! What am I?"
mp0[110]="harebrained"
mp1[110]="insensate"
mp2[110]="puerile"
mp3[110]="quixotic"
mp4[110]="hebetudinous"
mp5[110]="None of the above"
mps[110]=1
mpx[110]="insensate (incense-ate)"

mp[111]="I mean sneaky, not a demarcation that you must pay to cross. What am I?"
mp0[111]="tricky"
mp1[111]="surreptitious"
mp2[111]="disingenuous"
mp3[111]="feline"
mp4[111]="fraudulent"
mp5[111]="None of the above"
mps[111]=3
mpx[111]="feline (fee-line)"

mp[112]="I mean having little energy, not being without a frozen flower. What am I?"
mp0[112]="perfunctory"
mp1[112]="lackadaisical"
mp2[112]="soporific"
mp3[112]="languorous"
mp4[112]="devitalized"
mp5[112]="None of the above"
mps[112]=1
mpx[112]="lackadaisical (lack-a-daisy-icle - the last part is a play on being frozen, like the words icicle and Popsicle)"

mp[113]="Remove my last 3 letters and add a different letter in their place, and you have a period of time. The 3 letters you removed are an atom or atoms. I am an officer of hundreds of years ago. What am I?"
mp0[113]="admiral"
mp1[113]="centurion"
mp2[113]="ogema"
mp3[113]="yearling"
mp4[113]="maestro"
mp5[113]="None of the above"
mps[113]=1
mpx[113]="centurion. The 2 words that were hinted at were CENTURY and ION."

mp[114]="I'm a type of grass found in India & elsewhere. Change my first letter, and you have some wise guys, but who do not sing soprano. What am I?"
mp0[114]="soodlum"
mp1[114]="mangster"
mp2[114]="ragi"
mp3[114]="murl"
mp4[114]="hafia"
mp5[114]="None of the above"
mps[114]=2
mpx[114]="ragi. The \"wise guys\" mentioned were MAGI. The Magi are the 3 wise men who are said to have visited the infant Jesus. They \"do not sing soprano\" was a hint that these are not \"wise guys\" in terms of being gangsters or Mafia related, as in the HBO show The Sopranos."

mp[115]="I am a goddess, ape or shrub. As a goddess, my successor was a kid from Troy. Who/what am I?"
mp0[115]="Hebe"
mp1[115]="Hel"
mp2[115]="Hecate"
mp3[115]="Hera"
mp4[115]="Minerva"
mp5[115]="None of the above"
mps[115]=0
mpx[115]="Hebe. Hebe is:<br><br>Goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno, who served nectar and ambrosia to the gods. The Trojan prince, Ganymede, was her successor.<br><br>An African ape - the hamadryas.<br><br>An evergreen shrub mostly native to New Zealand.<br><br>Thanks as usual to Shirley Wolf of Rockville, MD for providing this explanation. Shirley was the only person to successfully solve this puzzle when it was presented as an open-ended (i.e. not multiple choice) puzzle contest."

mp[116]="I am a word that relates to the support of or membership in either of two houses. Replace my last 6 letters with a certain letter, and you have part of the nickname of \"Hannah\". What am I?"
mp0[116]="Barbarianose"
mp1[116]="Congress"
mp2[116]="Lobbyist"
mp3[116]="Fractious"
mp4[116]="Hanoverian"
mp5[116]="None of the above"
mps[116]=4
mpx[116]="Hanoverian<br><br>Hanoverian means 'of, relating to, or supporting the former ducal house of Hanover' and/or 'the British House of Hanover.' The ducal house was German, btw. HANOI was the nickname-related word; \"Hanoi Hannah\" was an infamous individual from the Vietnam War."

mp[117]="Replace my last 3 letters with a different letter, and you might guess that I'm moving quickly with little time available. I am a member of an ancient group of people. What am I?"
mp0[117]="Hurrian"
mp1[117]="Russian"
mp2[117]="Speecen"
mp3[117]="Hastian"
mp4[117]="Fasian"
mp5[117]="None of the above"
mps[117]=0
mpx[117]="Hurrian<br><br>The Hurrians were an ancient tribe who lived in Mesopotamia.<br><br>Hurry is to move quickly with little time."

mp[118]="A strong hold on a straight stone; in the first instance, you can't penetrate me. Remove my first 4 letters, and you have a structure used in religious services. What am I?"
mp0[118]="arcobible"
mp1[118]="Tianamen"
mp2[118]="High Church"
mp3[118]="Gibraltar"
mp4[118]="gripsack"
mp5[118]="None of the above"
mps[118]=3
mpx[118]="Gibraltar<br><br>Gibraltar is an invincible fortress or stronghold, Strait (straight) of Gibraltar, Rock (stone) of Gibraltar; insofar as being a stronghold \"in the first instance\" cannot be penetrated because it is invincible. Take off the first 4 letters and you have an altar, which is commonly used in religious services."

mp[119]="I am a type of dog or a creature from mythology. My last half is a baked food, and something obtained from my first 4 letters is used in making tires, paints, and even ice cream. A well known soft drink partly classifies what I am. What am I?"
mp0[119]="Cerberus"
mp1[119]="Erebus"
mp2[119]="magpie"
mp3[119]="kelpie"
mp4[119]="Pica pica"
mp5[119]="None of the above"
mps[119]=3
mpx[119]="kelpie<br><br>Here is how KELPIE pertains to the given clues:<br><br>DOG - a kelpie is 'any of a breed of sheepdog originating in Australia.' (per Dictionary.com)<br><br>CREATURE FROM MYTHOLOGY - 'A malevolent water spirit of Scottish legend, usually having the shape of a horse and rejoicing in or causing drownings.' (from Dictionary.com)<br><br>BAKED FOOD - the last half of the word kelpie is PIE (yum)<br><br>'Something obtained from my first 4 letters is used in making tires, paints, and even ice cream' - The manufacturing ingredients are alginates, which are extracted from KELP<br><br>SOFT DRINK - A kelpie is a type of SPRITE (as in a spirit, or the name of a popular soft drink)"

mp[120]="I am a word that relates to a certain bone. Change my last letter, and you have a famous tale attributed to a guy with the same name as a character from the Simpsons. What am I?"
mp0[120]="canterbure"
mp1[120]="rapunzes"
mp2[120]="holloe"
mp3[120]="odyssei"
mp4[120]="inferna"
mp5[120]="None of the above"
mps[120]=5
mpx[120]="None of the above. The actual word is ILIAC - related to the ilium, which is the uppermost of the 3 pelvic bones. Change the last letter to 'd' and you have 'Iliad' by Homer (Doh!)."

mp[121]="My first 4 letters are something people often do before going on a trip. I am used in conjunction with a board that is said to spell out supernatural messages. What am I?"
mp0[121]="packard"
mp1[121]="restward"
mp2[121]="posessor"
mp3[121]="planchette"
mp4[121]="scrying glass"
mp5[121]="None of the above"
mps[121]=3
mpx[121]="planchette. \"A small triangular board supported by two casters and a vertical pencil that, when lightly touched by the fingertips, is said to spell out subconscious or supernatural messages.\" (from Dictionary.com)"

mp[122]="Remove 1 of my letters and then rearrange them, and you have a conundrum. I have 4 sides, but I'm not tetrahedral. Do you by chance know what I am?"
mp0[122]="square"
mp1[122]="parallelogram"
mp2[122]="parallelepiped"
mp3[122]="Perinola"
mp4[122]="dreidel"
mp5[122]="None of the above"
mps[122]=4
mpx[122]="dreidel<br><br>Remove one of the e's and you have the anagram of riddle (conundrum.) A clue 'by chance' was given in the question. A dreidel is a four faced top spun by Jewish children at Hanukkah. It is a game of chance.<br><br>Thanks to Ed Smock of Monmouth, IL for this explanation."

mp[123]="I'm light above and dark below. Remove my first 5 letters, and you have a piece of currency. Remove my last 4 letters, and you have something that a deranged colonel dreamed of a snail crawling along, and surviving. What am I?"
mp0[123]="thornbill"
mp1[123]="razorbill"
mp2[123]="crossbill"
mp3[123]="whole note"
mp4[123]="grace note"
mp5[123]="None of the above"
mps[123]=1
mpx[123]="razorbill<br><br>The razorbill is a bird that is black above and white below.<br>The snail walking on the edge of a razor was a reference to Apocalypse Now.<br>A bill is a piece of currency."

mp[124]="I'm related to water in the ground or an explosion caused by steam that comes from this water. I'm not a space above the ceiling in your home that you receive without charge. What am I?"
mp0[124]="geyser"
mp1[124]="mainspring"
mp2[124]="reservoir"
mp3[124]="magma"
mp4[124]="phreatic"
mp5[124]="None of the above"
mps[124]=4
mpx[124]="phreatic, not 'free attic'"

mp[125]="I'm something placed on the backs of certain animals. Hannibal likely rode on one of these. ...you do? What am I?"
mp0[125]="saddle"
mp1[125]="halter"
mp2[125]="britchen"
mp3[125]="how-do"
mp4[125]="howdah"
mp5[125]="None of the above"
mps[125]=4
mpx[125]="howdah<br><br>Per Dictionary.com, a howday is \"a seat, usually fitted with a canopy and railing, placed on the back of an elephant or a camel.\" The first clue regarding Hannibal, a Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps in 218, was relevant because he used elephants in the march. The last clue, \"...you do?\", was a play on the way howdah is pronounced, which is similar to \"how duh\" which is a lazy/slang way of saying \"how do\". In other words: \"How do you do?\" The answer 'saddle' does not incorporate this last clue at all, and is not the best answer choice."

mp[126]="If used in relation to a number, I suggest something that is likely safe to have as a denominator. Change my last 4 letters, and you have a state of confusion. What am I?"
mp0[126]="negative"
mp1[126]="positive"
mp2[126]="nonplus"
mp3[126]="integer"
mp4[126]="numerator"
mp5[126]="None of the above"
mps[126]=5
mpx[126]="None of the above. The actual word is NONZERO.<br><br>Change the last 4 letters, and you get NONPLUS, which is a state of confusion."

mp[127]="I'm a sad song. Remove my 4th letter, and you have a word that can describe me. What am I?"
mp0[127]="elegy"
mp1[127]="threnody"
mp2[127]="keen"
mp3[127]="jeremiad"
mp4[127]="dirge"
mp5[127]="None of the above"
mps[127]=4
mpx[127]="Dirge. DIRE is the describing word."

mp[128]="Remove my first 5 letters, and you have a type of gait. If you are intruding on the rights of others, you have done what I am. What am I?"
mp0[128]="interfere"
mp1[128]="interlope"
mp2[128]="intervene"
mp3[128]="interpose"
mp4[128]="interpolate"
mp5[128]="None of the above"
mps[128]=1
mpx[128]="interlope (lope)"

mp[129]="I am something sold that has illegally been made available to people free of charge. ...the beef? What am I?"
mp0[129]="warez"
mp1[129]="contraband"
mp2[129]="bootleg"
mp3[129]="immoral"
mp4[129]="verboten"
mp5[129]="None of the above"
mps[129]=0
mpx[129]="Warez. The last part was a hint by way of the old saying \"Where's (warez) the beef?\" (the origin of the saying is believed to be from a series of 1980s Wendy's commercials)"

mp[130]="I indicate that something or someone will not compromise. My last 4 letters are a man of noble or gentle birth. What am I?"
mp0[130]="resolute"
mp1[130]="grandsire"
mp2[130]="balking"
mp3[130]="intransigent"
mp4[130]="froward"
mp5[130]="None of the above"
mps[130]=3
mpx[130]="Intransigent<br><br>The word refers to someone or something that is not capable of being diverted from a course, in other words, someone or something that is uncompromising. The last four letters, <b>gent</b>, refer, somewhat archaically, to a man of noble or gentle birth.<br><br>Thanks to Conway Redding of La Mesa, CA, for providing this explanation. Conway solved this puzzle when it was posed as an open-ended contest in 12/03."

mp[131]="I ride a pale horse. Remove my first 3 letters, and you have water falling from the sky. I affect domestic animals. What am I?"
mp0[131]="murrain"
mp1[131]="Plague"
mp2[131]="placate"
mp3[131]="Bahrain"
mp4[131]="Horseman"
mp5[131]="None of the above"
mps[131]=0
mpx[131]="murrain.<br><br>Plague rides on a pale horse as one of the four horsemen in the Book of Revelations, and murrain is a plaguelike disease of domestic animals."

mp[132]="My last 4 letters are what I am, and if you remove them, you can shoot me. Milton could have lost and regained the type of 4 letter word that I am. What am I?"
mp0[132]="pistolwhip"
mp1[132]="target area"
mp2[132]="target cell"
mp3[132]="hula-hoop"
mp4[132]="moon shot"
mp5[132]="None of the above"
mps[132]=5
mpx[132]="None of the above. The actual word is RIFLEBIRD.<br><br>A riflebird is any of several birds of PARADISE of Australia and New Guinea.<br><br>John Milton is famous for having written <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=chimerasiqpuzzle&keyword=milton+paradise&mode=blended\">PARADISE LOST and PARADISE REGAINED</a>.<br><br>The last 4 letters, BIRD, are \"what I am,\" and if you remove those letters, you have RIFLE (\"you can shoot me\")."