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All classes / Mr. Hansen |
Name: _________________________ |
More Than 100 Elephant’s Wheels Puzzles
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Instructions: Find a pair of
rhyming words to satisfy each clue, as in the example of #27 below. A few
MODD and AP Calc/Stat references are included for educational value. Items
marked (2) are known to have at least 2 possible solutions. Good luck! *Note: When I
concocted these rhyming riddles in 2005, I thought they were all original,
but alas, there is nothing new under the sun. My recent research has found
only 7 answers that are true “Googlenopes,” to use
Gene Weingarten’s word from The
Washington Post. These are marked with a star (*). The other answers have
counts ranging from 2 Google hits (#87) to well over a million (#99).
Incidentally, the quoted phrase “elephant’s wheels” returns 4 Google hits,
and “Babar car” returns 211, but this page is the only hit that contains both
quoted phrases. |
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1. |
Angry animal caregiver |
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25. |
Disingenuous plaything |
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2. |
Animal’s waist control (2) |
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26. |
Drunk who makes predictions |
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3. |
Animal’s waste control |
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27. |
Elephant’s wheels = Babar
car |
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4. |
Antidote to a Broadway money-loser |
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28. |
Extremely polite celebrity |
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5. |
Antidrug enforcer of the deep |
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29. |
Father’s pork cuts |
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*6. |
Arc of object tossed in STA lunchroom |
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30. |
Felon seen only subconsciously |
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7. |
Argument after closing night |
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31. |
Filthy elastic |
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8. |
Autumn summons |
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32. |
Finding a good present to open next |
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9. |
Bangkok insect |
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*33. |
Five pairs of rhymed lines |
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10. |
Bear footwear |
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34. |
Flaming legal document |
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11. |
Bicyclist’s quick look |
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35. |
Flattery accompanied by alcohol |
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12. |
Bohemian get-together |
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*36. |
Four feelings of misgiving (2) |
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13. |
Botanical tantrum |
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37. |
Frothy mixture of spoken music |
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14. |
Canine confusion |
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38. |
Garden gnomes’ championship |
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15. |
Car that is both sleepy and annoyed |
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39. |
Gigantic sled |
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16. |
Clever fingerlings |
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40. |
Greeks’ wrestling area |
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17. |
Colorless floral garland |
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41. |
Happy fish |
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18. |
Competent dining room furniture |
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42. |
Hex digit slippage (2) |
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19. |
Complimentary yard plant |
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43. |
Hidden employment |
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20. |
Condi’s soft drink |
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44. |
Hobo exit (2) |
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21. |
Coquette’s T |
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45. |
Huge feline container |
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22. |
Decrepit automotive exterior |
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*46. |
Inconsistent beer production |
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23. |
Diagram of where it is safe to snooze |
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47. |
Intersection for luxury cars |
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24. |
Discussion of data or probability |
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48. |
Jagger in his sixties |
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49. |
John in the animal park |
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81. |
Satanic celebrations |
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50. |
John’s trousers |
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82. |
Seating area trap |
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Laid-back chap (2) |
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83. |
Sentient frozen precipitation |
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52. |
Large vessel made of shiny metal |
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84. |
Shallow water destination |
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*53. |
Local maxes and mins in
grain beverage |
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85. |
Shepherd’s timekeeper |
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54. |
Majestic ensemble |
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86. |
Significant triangle calculation |
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55. |
Mired lorry |
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87. |
Singing buddy |
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56. |
Mocking by unassigned lunchers |
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88. |
Soaked companion |
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*57. |
Monty Python actor’s lubricant |
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89. |
Sometime STA resident |
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58. |
MP3 grass |
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90. |
Spilling the beans in a Mongolian tent |
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59. |
Noisy masses |
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91. |
Star Wars truant |
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60. |
Novel mucilage |
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92. |
Surprise day off in winter (2) |
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61. |
Odor at the edge (2) |
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*93. |
Swab who tends the brig |
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62. |
Outdoor area for poets |
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94. |
Swine swamp |
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63. |
Parasite’s joy |
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95. |
Three expanding waves in a pond |
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64. |
Persistent marking in piano music |
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96. |
Too obviously ogling someone |
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65. |
Pile of blooms |
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97. |
Trepidation concerning eight bits |
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66. |
Place to buy sculptures/paintings |
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98. |
TV watcher’s abdominal fat |
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67. |
Polite baloney |
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99. |
Twice the difficulty |
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68. |
Pooh shoe |
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100. |
Uncivilized beer drinkers (2) |
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69. |
Posh prison quarters |
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101. |
Uncomfortably cold swimming area |
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70. |
Poultry not fully visible |
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102. |
Uncomplicated facial feature (2) |
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71. |
Profane wheel-axle junction |
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103. |
Underarm saliva |
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72. |
Programmer’s cry |
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104. |
Underwater chest |
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73. |
Prohibition of military flight (2) |
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105. |
Unhappy tenement (2) |
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74. |
Protector of animal fat |
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106. |
Well-drawn periodic function |
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75. |
Psychic ennui |
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107. |
White-bread purchasing mistake |
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76. |
Reproval for talking during grace (2) |
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108. |
Wide tie |
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77. |
Rod to keep people from lighting up |
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109. |
Widespread phoniness |
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78. |
Royal wrinkles |
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110. |
Zero or one made out of yarn |
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79. |
Ruined area |
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80. |
Run in inappropriate footwear |
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