Put in a Good Word for Me - 7

Put in a Good Word for Me - 7

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.



This one is quite easy . . . in preparation for #14 (much harder).


13. SWITZERLAND

Turkey
Lebanon
Columbia
Romania
Hungary
Argentina
Egypt
Australia
Venezuela
Finland
Nigeria
Peru
Portugal
Nicaragua
Uruguay
India
Czechoslovakia
Burma
Chile
Bulgaria
Austria
Poland
New Zealand




Warning: This one does not depend on preceding words.
The common property is in the words themselves.


14. HOLD

sack
pond
gnu
pawn
clay
bean
maid
lackey
cake
balloon
poker
beach
drink
juice
lead
toes
varlet
antenna
man
lumber
pavillion
light
fellow

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Soroban

Put in a Good Word for Me - 7

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.

This one is quite easy . . . in preparation for #14 (much harder).

13. SWITZERLAND

Turkey
Lebanon
Columbia
Romania
Hungary
Argentina
Egypt
Australia
Venezuela
Finland
Nigeria
Peru
Portugal
Nicaragua
Uruguay
India
Czechoslovakia
Burma
Chile
Bulgaria
Austria
Poland
New Zealand

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These would be

Spoiler:

capitals, right?

Spoiler:

Ankara, Turkey
Beirut, Lebanon
Bogota, Colombia
Bucharest, Romania
Belgrade, Serbia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cairo, Egypt
Canberra, Australia
Caracas, Venezuela
Helsinki, Finland
Abuja, Nigeria (out of order)
Lima, Peru
Lisbon, Portugal
Managua, Nicaragua
Montevideo, Uruguay
New Delhi, India
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Pyinmana, Myanmar (Burma) (was Rangoon until 2005)
Santiago, Chile
Sofia, Bulgaria
Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland
Wellington, New Zealand

Hello, masters!

Excellent work . . . as always!

You left out Budapest, Hungary.
I assume it was an oversight.


Ha! . . . My quiz needs to be brought up to date.
I have demonstrated how long I've had these quizzes.
. . The capital of Nigeria used to be Lagos.
. . And I totally forgot that Burma no longer exists.


I found an old old globe at a yard sale and had to buy it.
It has names like: French Indo-China, Siam, Persia, Palestine,
and The Belgian Congo . . . names I had learned in grade school.

Sheesh!
I'm now at the age when I can say, "When I was your age . . ."

It seems like only yesterday that Ike was our President
and we had hoped that his heart attack wasn't fatal
because (*shudder*) Nixon would be the President.

Okay, so it wasn't yesterday.
The memory is the second thing to go . . .

Hint for "Good Word for Me - 14}

Spoiler:

Think of the sound of each word.

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.


Warning: This one does not depend on preceding words.
The common property is in the words themselves.


14. HOLD

sack
pond
gnu
pawn
clay
bean
maid
lackey
cake
balloon
poker
beach
drink
juice
lead
toes
varlet
antenna
man
lumber
pavillion
light
fellow

Soroban,

I hate to give in on this one, but.....

I've tried homonyms; that didn't seem to work.

I've tried homophones; that didn't work, either.

I tried to change the first letter to create a rhyming word, but couldn't keep up with the alphabetical order and some words were just impossible.

sack - back
pond - bond
gnu - ????
pawn - dawn
clay - flay
bean - lean
maid - paid

So, in essence, I am lost. I need another hint. No one else has attempted these.

Also, about the capitals of the countries...I did inadvertantly leave off Budapest, Hungary. I knew that one, too. I used to be a good in geography as well. Now, I have trouble with eastern Europe, Africa, and all the 'stans' countries.

By the way, I still call it Burma. The 'Myanmar Road' just doesn't have that same ring to it, you know.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...urma-China.gif

Hello, masters!

You're on the right track . . . rhymes.

Now find rhyming words that have a common category.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Soroban

Hint for "Good Word for Me - 14}

Spoiler:

Think of the sound of each word.

Find a common property shared by the 24 words in the list.
Then insert the first word into its proper place in the list.

Warning: This one does not depend on preceding words.
The common property is in the words themselves.

14. HOLD

sack
pond
gnu
pawn
clay
bean
maid
lackey
cake
balloon
poker
beach
drink
juice
lead
toes
varlet
antenna
man
lumber
pavillion
light
fellow

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Soroban,

I am now convinced that these word puzzles are designed to drive one crazy. Thankfully, I am most of the way there already. So, it helps.

Here we go:

Spoiler:

black
blonde
blue
fawn
gray
green
GOLD
jade
khaki
lake
maroon
ochre
peach
pink
puce
red
rose
scarlet
magenta
tan
umber
vermillion
white
yellow

You have tortured me, and I have enjoyed every minute. Thanks for these challenges, Soroban.

Hello, masters!

Good job . . . You missed one.
. .

Spoiler:

sienna rhymes with antenna.

But you knew that obscure one ("lake".)


Yes, I'm sure these were designed with torment/torture in mind.
I found them about twenty years ago.
I'm very nearly recovered now, thank you.