David....

22 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


David



One letter, a different one for each line, has been removed from each of the words below. The missing letters appear at least three times (and sometimes more) in each word. Fill in the missing letter for each word and reconstruct the words. The letters are also scrambled, just to make it a little harder.
FILPRT

PSVRR

Portfolio

Preserve

23 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


PORTFOLIO; PERSEVERE or PRESERVE



Which of the following are the Seven Wonders of the World (as listed by Antipater of Sidon in the second century BC)?
1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2. Radio City Music Hall
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Skywalker Ranch
5. Mall America
6. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
7. Statue of Heffner at Playboy Mansion
8. Pyramids of Egypt
9. Milli Vanilli's career
10. Lighthouse at Alexandria
11. Headlights of Kitten Natividad
12. Colossus of Rhodes
13. Colossus of Stryker
14. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
15. Head dress of Carnac the Magnificent

1. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
6. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
8. Pyramids of Egypt
10. Lighthouse at Alexandria
12. Colossus of Rhodes
14. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Unfortunately i do not know anything about them...except the Pyamids of Egypt!

24 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


1-3-6-8-10-12-14. Of the seven, only the pyramids survive.



Sallie Lou likes sequoia trees but not evergreens. She doesn't want either disease, but she'd rather have pneumonia than influenza. She jokes facetiously but not humorously. Does Sallie Lou shop stingily or abstemiously?

Abstemiously...

25 December 2007:

A HOLIDAY

26 December2007:

THE SOLUTION:



Abstemiously; Sallie Lou likes to have all five vowels in her words.




Entire countries are hidden in the sentences below-at least their names are. One or more names appear in each statement. Find the countries.
Don't reach in a crack in the rocks, there might be snakes there.
While I was on the highway called the Alcan, a daily occurrence was car breakdown.
The top social class, as defined by many investigators, is the upper-upper.

27 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


China, Canada, Peru.



Somehow or other I got talked into buying something on the installment plan. I'm not sure I got a good deal. The payments to date, according to my checkbook, have reached $96. The second year cost $2.00 more than the first year; the third year cost $3.00 more than the second; and the fourth year cost me $4.00 more than the third. What were my payments the first year?

$20

28 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


$20



The same seven letters, rearranged into two different words, can be used to fill in the blanks below. Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.

"What happened to your constant _ _ _ _ _ _ _?" asked the lady with the parasol, having the driver stop her carriage to ask this most indiscreet question.
"Well," said the lady in the bustle gown who had just returned to town for a visit, "Didn't you hear? We _ _ _ _ _ _ _."

ADMIRER and MARRIED

29 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


ADMIRER and MARRIED



A mansion I am
For many, many things.
I can live for a very long time.
As I grow,
I wear more jewelry;
However, my jewelry is hidden.
Only when I die
Do others find
How old I've grown
And just where my jewelry lies.

Tree

30 December 2007:

THE SOLUTION


The rings of trees tell how old a tree is. When a tree is cut down, the number of rings can be seen to tell just how old the tree is. Before it is cut down, you cannot see the number of rings.



Unscramble the below 4 words.
P L A L
V I T A D
A C I D A C
N I F O C A T