Daily brain Games

[iomegajaz]

ELEPHANT MEMORY (Easy)
Memorise the six words in the first list below. Hide the list and
find the memorised words in the second list.

I'm using spoiler tags to hide each list. Select the first section,
memorise the words, deselect the first section, select the second
section and find the words.

Spoiler:
┌───────────┬───────────┐
│ cowardice │ battalion │
├───────────┼───────────┤
│ bazooka _ │ despair _ │
├───────────┼───────────┤
│ amazement │ ballistic │
└───────────┴───────────┘
Spoiler:
┌───────────┬───────────┬───────────┐
│ nervous _ │ amazement │ crane _ _ │
├───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
│ battalion │ cowardice │ cartridge │
├───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
│ fighter _ │ oriole _ _│ despair _ │
├───────────┼───────────┼───────────┤
│ bazooka _ │ ballistic │ eager _ _ │
└───────────┴───────────┴───────────┘

[iomegajaz]

EMBROIDERY (Hard)
Find a nine-letter word in the grid. It can be spelled by
combining adjoining letters sideways, backwards, up, and
down. Theme: feeling

┌─┬─┬─┬─┐
│S│N│R│M│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│E│I│X│X│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│D│U│N│O│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│U│C│T│I│
└─┴─┴─┴─┘

Spoiler: SEDUCTION

This one took me about 20-30 seconds to find.

[Warrior of the Light]

~5-10 seconds, started at the correct place

[iomegajaz]

I think I looked everywhere but the correct place, before finally finding it.

[iomegajaz]

FIFTY-FIFTY (Medium)
Find the missing words for each of the following sayings.

You can't make an omelette ______________.
The more you get, ______________.
Good fences ______________.
Two wrongs ______________.

Spoiler:
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
The more you get, the more you want.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Two wrongs don't make a right.

I got all of them, albeit with a few more words in my version of the first one.

[iomegajaz]

ODD ONE OUT (Medium)
Find the odd one out in a series of words.

cycling, sailing, canoeing, surfing, swimming

king, queen, prince, duchess, minister

Spoiler:
cycling: the only sport that is not a water sport

minister: the only elected official among four noble ones.

[iomegajaz]

ROOT IT OUT (Hard)
Find ten or more words, of four letters, starting with DA.

Spoiler:
DADA, DAME, DAMN, DAMP, DANG, DANK, DARE,
DARK, DARN, DART, DASH, DATA, DATE, DAUB,
DAWK, DAWN, DAZE

The answer list didn't include these: Spoiler: DABS, DADS, DAFT, DAGS, DALE, DAMS, DAYS

[ujay]

+ dado

[iomegajaz]

Originally Posted by ujay

+ dado

I considered that, but not being familiar with the term I wasn't sure whether it was a proper noun or colloquialism.

[iomegajaz]

SECRET FILES (Medium)
Sort the following words into four different categories and name
the categories.

gold, cadet, corporal, franc, pear, blueberry, papaya, schilling,
euro, lieutenant, currant, general, blue, dollar, purple, taupe

Spoiler:
Fruits: blueberry, currant, papaya, pear
Currencies: dollar, euro, franc, schilling
Colours: blue, gold, purple, taupe
Military ranks: cadet, corporal, general, lieutenant

[iomegajaz]

I've been busy and, more recently, down with the sickness (common cold).

[iomegajaz]

STORY FULL OF BLANKS (Easy)
Fill in the blanks with the words provided. Each word can only be used
once.

During a representation of the Don _____ opera in 1958, the _____
nightmare of stage _____ became true. As they were changing the
_____, the first setting was _____ up from the _____ while
the curtains were still open, as well as the huge back doors, to let the
second setting _____. The incongruous _____ was an unexpected
face-to-_____ between the astounded audience and 55th Street in
New York, with the _____, the pedestrians, and two _____,
who could _____ believe their eyes: the whole _____ of an
opera, quietly _____ in their chairs, _____ back at them.

┌─────────────┬──────────┬────────┬───────────┬─────────┐
│ decorators *│ settings │ hardly │ stage * * │ face * *│
├─────────────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼─────────┤
│ looking * * │ Giovanni │ worst *│ enter * * │ taxis * │
├─────────────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼─────────┤
│ consequence │ audience │ lifted │ policemen │ sitting │
└─────────────┴──────────┴────────┴───────────┴─────────┘

Spoiler:
During a representation of the Don Giovanni opera in 1958, the
worst nightmare of stage decorators became true. As they were
changing the settings, the first setting was lifted up from the stage
while the curtains were still open, as well as the huge back doors,
to let the second setting enter. The incongruous consequence
was an unexpected face-to-face between the astounded audience
and 55th Street in New York, with the taxis, the pedestrians, and
two policemen, who could hardly believe their eyes: the whole
audience of an opera, quietly sitting in their chairs, looking back
at them.