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Last Month's Riddle Answer:

Guess The Word

This word has 10 letters namely

1234567890

1234 - carries heredity
456 - is a period of time
567 - is a pest
and 890 - is a charged particle
What is the word?

Answer:

GENERATION

1234 carries heredity - gene
456 - is a period of time - era
567- is a pest - rat
890 is a charged particle - ion

Last Month's Cryptogram Answer:

Can you decode these 3 quotes by the hilarious Oscar Wilde?

WDZWMN UKFTQXR MKVF RJRLQRN - JKSYQJT WJJKMN SYRL NK LVEY.

W DQSSDR NQJERFQSM QN W IWJTRFKVN SYQJT, WJI W TFRWS IRWD KU QS QN WONKDVSRDM UWSWD.

W HRNNQLQNS QN KJR ZYK, ZYRJ YR YWN W EYKQER KU SZK RXQDN, EYKKNRN OKSY.

Answer
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both."

Normal letter = cryptography letter

A=W, B=O, C=E, D=I, E=R, F=U, G=T, H=Y
I=Q, J=P, K=A, L=D, M=L, N=J, O=K, P=H
Q=G, R=F, S=N, T=S, U=V, V=X, W=Z, X=C
Y=M, Z=B

Last Months's Science Answer

Impossible

I am sometimes a single cell, feeding. When times are rough I coagulate with more like me to become a moving thing, a multicellular organism, looking like an animal. I move to a better place to live, and become a plant. As a plant I grow many small black spores, and release them, to reproduce.
What am I?

Answer

I am a slime mold.
It starts off as a single cell organism, feeding on its surroundings. When the food source gets scarce, it gets together with more slime mold and becomes an organism that is called a pseudoplasmodium and is capable of slug-like movement. It crawls to a more favorable location, and changes into a plant. It erects a stalk which grows small black spores which it releases all at one time, and the process starts all over again.

Last Month's Brain Teaser #1 Answer

What is the reasoning for this series of countries?

Chile, Panama, Burundi, Micronesia, Honduras, Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Answer

Chile has one star in its flag, Panama has 2, Burundi has 3 etc.

Brain Teaser #2 Answer

Library Tales

"These are very strong accusations. Are you sure, Jordan?" the librarian asked.

"Yes, I'm positive. Yesterday, I saw Beth put one of these," Jordan held up a small envelope containing white powder, "between the X and Y volumes of the Encyclopedia. After she left, a big guy in a leather jacket came in and took the envelope out and put money in. Today, after Beth came, I intercepted the envelope."

"What do you have against Beth? You obviously want to get her in trouble."

How did the librarian know Jordan was lying?

Answer

The X and Y volumes of the library's encyclopedia are together in one book, a common practice, therefore she couldn't have put anything between them.

Brain Teaser #3 Answer

Skippy

I am unfair, informal and biased;
I am a sham and completely unauthorised.
My history can be traced to the 19th century;
but I can be very relevant today.
Part of my name comes from legal maxims and common law;
whilst another is derived from judges hopping from place to place.

What am I?

Answer

A Kangaroo Court

A kangaroo court or kangaroo trial is a deceptive legal proceeding or court. It may be a court that has had its integrity compromised; for example, if the judge is not impartial. It may also be an elaborately scripted event intended to appear fair while having the outcome predetermined from the start. The phrase seems to have originated during the California Gold Rush from the notion of proceeding 'by leaps' like the Kangaroo.