You have no skill at magic tricks, yet you make a bet with your friend for $25. You tell him to

pick a card, take a look at it, and put it back in the deck. You then shuffle the deck as many

times as your friend wishes. You will then hand back your friend's chosen card. Even though you possess no magic skill whatsoever, and

you have no idea what your friend picked, you can still win this bet. How?

I have a common English phrase. I feed this phrase into a computer translation program. This translates it into a foreign language then back into English again. Unfortunately, because computers do not understand idiom and sarcasm, the phrase has been changed. It now reads:

BLIND, INSANITY.

What was the original phrase?

What Am I?

• I am a protector.

• I sit on a bridge.

• One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide.

• What am I?

Holiday Names

• Replace each word or words in parentheses with a one-word synonym to decipher a common holiday. (The first holiday is only one word long. The second and third are two words long.)

• 1. (Right of north ) (she)

• 2. (Hotel) D (ink stick) (boogie) (24 hours)

• 3. (Work) (24 hours)

• Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B.

• Group A

• 1. Optic• 2. Civet• 3. Toner• 4. Rosin• 5. Lease

• Group B

• 1. Painter's stand• 2. Singing voice• 3. Golf clubs• 4. Subject• 5. Throw out

Unfinished…

• In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence.

• Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.)

• 1. A pig farmer's job could be called p___ w___.• 2. A dog injury could be called a ho___ wo___.• 3. For racing, a mixed ho___ is wo___ than a

thoroughbred.• 4. I he___ your be___ has been shaved into a goatee.

What’s in a name?

• Though my beauty is becoming, I can hurt you just the same.I come in many colors.You will always know my name.Some love me for one reason.Some may dislike me just as well.More than one of any color of me will surely always sell.

0-10 in 60 seconds!Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the

letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each.The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words.

• 1. Ford model, known as "Tin Lizzie"• 2. @• 3. Traitor (slang)• 4. Not before the horse, please!• 5. Track down; discover• 6. Collected by bees• 7. Convinced, beyond any doubt• 8. Completed in 6 days, according to Genesis• 9. "Ashes to ashes"• 10. Power and authority; significance

Castle Builder

• They use me to build castles, but I'm not a brick.

• They use me to make hands, but I'm not a finger.

• I'm international, and cosmopolitan. I'm very often in Montecarlo, Las Vegas, Atlantic city and even in Punta del Este.

• I'm not alive but I have 81 hearts.• What am I?

0-10 in 60 seconds!Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange

the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each.

The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words.

• 1. String for a guitar (or maybe even for wearing?)• 2. "Exempli gratia"• 3. Stage of a journey• 4. Narrow valley, in Scotland• 5. Messenger from God• 6. Friendly, affable, or cheerful• 7. Genealogy or ancestry• 8. Jelly base (older spelling)• 9. Uplifting or moving up• 10. One who preaches, hoping listeners will convert; Gospel writer

What’s in a name?

• Some people's names (such as "Will Power") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be used just once.

• Example: Sonny Day would suggest a meteorologist.

• Last Names: Ding, Flay, King, Lynn, Payne, Peace• Professions: Musician, Author, Chef, Comedian,

Architect, Politician

Alternate Definitions

• The following are alternate definitions for words, based on how the words sound. For example, "To drive by the docks: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _." would result in "PASSPORT (Pass Port)". Can you guess the words described below?

• 1. What white bears see with: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _.• 2. A car's memoirs: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.• 3. How judges get to a small island: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.• 4. To live long: D _ _ _ _ _.• 5. How good a fibber one is: L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.• 6. In favor of young men and women: P _ _ _ _ _ _.