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  Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

  Diana Ross and the Supremes

  Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

  Little Caesar and the Romans

  23. These are famous front-singers and their backup bands. KC and the Sunshine Band

  Bob Marley and the Wailers

  Bruce Hornsby and the Range

  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

  Paul Revere and the Raiders

  24. These are famous lead singers and their bands. Roger Daltrey—The Who

  Paul Stanley—KISS

  Freddie Mercury—Queen

  Jerry Garcia—The Grateful Dead

  25. These are rock stars and their real names. Bono—Paul Hewson

  Sting—Gordon Sumner

  Elton—Reginald Kenneth Dwight

  Ringo—Richard Starkey

  Sonny—Salvatore Phillip Bono

  Meat Loaf—Marvin Lee Aday

  26. These are celebrities and their birth names. Woody Allen—Allen Stewart Konigsberg

  Alan Alda—Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo

  Bea Arthur—Bernice Frankel

  Fred Astaire—Frederick Austerlitz

  Lauren Bacall—Betty Joan Perske

  27. These are old country names and the names we know them by now. Siam—Thailand

  Formosa—Taiwan

  Ceylon—Sri Lanka

  Hellas—Greece

  Persia—Iran

  Mesopotamia—Iraq

  28. Basketball players and the teams they played for. Julius Erving—Philadelphia 76ers

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—Los Angeles Lakers

  Larry Bird—Boston Celtics

  Michael Jordan—Chicago Bulls

  Patrick Ewing—New York Knicks

  Hakeem Olajuwon—Houston Rockets

  John Stockton—Utah Jazz

  29. These are varieties of fruits. Valencia orange

  Rainier cherry

  Fuji apple

  Bosc pear

  Concord grape

  30. These are states and the fruits they are known for. Georgia—peach

  Maine—blueberry

  Florida—orange

  California—raisin

  Washington—apple

  Massachusetts—cranberry

  Hawaii—pineapple

  31. These are species of animals. stickleback—fish

  flying fox—bat

  blue-footed booby—bird

  Manx—cat

  muntjac—deer

  whippet—dog

  32. These are colors. azure—blue

  magenta—pink

  vermilion—red

  sienna—brown

  olive—green

  33. These are common phrases containing elements. carbon (C) copy

  gold (Au) digger

  iron (Fe) fist

  silver (Ag) lining

  lead (Pb) weight

  neon (Ne) sign

  34. These are anatomical names and common names of body parts. patella—kneecap

  larynx—voice box

  scapula—shoulder blade

  clavicle—collarbone

  trachea—windpipe

  35. These are state mottoes. Eureka—California

  Live Free or Die—New Hampshire

  Industry—Utah

  Forward—Wisconsin

  Equal Rights—Wyoming

  36. These are painting titles and the artists that made them. Starry Night—Vincent van Gogh

  My Mother—James McNeill Whistler

  American Gothic—Grant Wood

  Water Lilies—Claude Monet

  Mother and Child—Mary Cassatt

  Sunlight on the Coast—Winslow Homer

  39. These are wine grapes and their country of origin. Barbera—Italy

  Merlot—France

  Zinfandel—Croatia

  Concord—America

  Riesling—Germany

  FIND THE MISFIT ANSWERS

  pages 248–269

  1. Chocolate-chip cookie recipe MISFITS: olive oil and raisins

  2. Chinese zodiac animals MISFITS: donkey and bear

  3. Canadian provinces—Currently there are ten provinces and three territories (Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) MISFITS: Windsor (Ontario) and Victoria (BC)

  4. Weapons in the board game Clue. MISFITS: ice pick and chainsaw

  5. Jazz trumpet players MISFITS: Charlie Parker played sax and Glenn Miller played trombone

  6. Pieces in the board game Monopoly MISFITS: mouse and cow

  7. U.S. presidents MISFITS: Franklin and Hamilton

  8. State capitals MISFITS: New York (should be Albany) and Albuquerque (should be Santa Fe)

  9. Four Gospels of the bible MISFITS: Paul and George

  10. Shakespearean plays MISFITS: Canterbury Tales (Chaucer) and A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)

  11. Planets MISFITS: The Moon (a satellite) and Pluto (considered a dwarf planet since 2007)

  12. Greek gods MISFITS: Aphrodite and Demeter—both female and therefore godesses

  13. Winter Olympics events MISFITS: crew and triathlon

  14. Crayola crayon colors MISFITS: ice and mud

  15. African countries MISFITS: Paraguay (South America) and Papua New Guinea (South Pacific)

  16. Insects (Insects come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and designs, but they all have six jointed legs. MISFITS: spider (arachnid) and centipede (arthropod)

  17. Oscar-winning movies for best picture MISFITS: The Color Purple (nominated for eleven awards and won zero) and Star Wars (won six awards but not best picture)

  18. Holidays on the U.S. calendar

  June 14, Flag Day; March 17, St. Patrick’s Day; October 31, Halloween; October 12, Columbus Day; October 24, United Nations Day; April 22, Earth Day; February 2, Groundhog Day; November 11, Veterans Day. MISFITS: January 14 and September 7

  19. Birds representing North American sports teams Oriole (Baltimore baseball),

  Cardinal (St. Louis baseball),

  Blue jay (Toronto baseball),

  Eagle (Philadelphia football),

  Hawk (Atlanta basketball),

  Falcon (Atlanta football),

  Raven (Baltimore football),

  Penguin (Pittsburgh ice hockey)

  MISFITS: heron and seagull

  20. U.S. statesmen appearing on U.S. money Abraham Lincoln ($5 bill),

  George Washington ($1 bill),

  Benjamin Franklin ($100 bill),

  Ulysses S. Grant ($50 bill),

  Andrew Jackson ($20 bill),

  William McKinley ($500 bill),

  Grover Cleveland ($1,000 bill)

  MISFITS: Theodore Roosevelt and John Adams

  21. Reed instruments MISFITS: harp (string) and trombone (brass)

  22. Roman mythological figures MISFITS: Zeus and Athena, who are Greek mythological figures

  23. Cocktails MISFITS: Cha Cha Cha and Flight to Mars

  24. Cars

  Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Dakota, GMC Yukon, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tundra, Ford Explorer MISFITS: Gold Rush and Cowboy

  25. Rainforest animals MISFITS: lion and porcupine

  MEMORY BOX #6 ANSWERS

  pages 270–273

  1. four; 2. black; 3. cattle; 4. four; 5. two; 6. to the left; 7. up; 8. one; 9. day; 10. a coyote and birds

  CHAPTER SEVEN

  THAT’S LOGICAL

  BRAIN MELTERS ANSWERS

  pages 277–303

  1. There were 162 clams to begin with. Chip ate 54, leaving 108 clams.

  Al ate 36, leaving 72.

  And Joe ate 24, leaving 48 clams—which they divided by three in equal portions of 16.

  2. She took the sign and pointed Cortona in the direction from which she had just come. That made the sign correct, and she was able to go in the right direction to Perugia.

  3. After a delicious lunch doused in chiles from Raj a pan-Asian spot on the Avenue, Vic had a pain in his chest, chin and throat which worried him. He decided to go to t
he emergency room. “Can a dash of hot sauce cause this amount of pain!?” he screamed. “Watch your anger, man! You’re going to work yourself into a hospital stay if you’re not careful.

  4. 144 worms: Ralph finds 4 every hour, Rosie finds 5 every hour, and Rhonda eats 3 every hour, so the total per hour is 6, which is 6 × 24 = 144 in a day.

  5. #1—Keith, age 20

  #2—Kai, age 14

  #3—Leo, age 17

  #4—Lynn, age 22

  6. Brawl: Each of the other words remains a real word if you take off the first letter.

  7. Collie: For each row find the letter that comes next in the alphabet and then read those letters from the top down.

  8. Sam Splash

  Wanda Wader

  Laneline Lena

  J. B. Jammer

  Goggles McCormick

  Pat Paddler

  Chloe Chlorine

  Buck Brick

  Peyton Poule

  Trenton Trout

  9. Inside a roll of toilet paper.

  10. Pete’s petri dish was half full at 11:59. The next minute there were twice as many bacteria there (so it was full at 12:00).

  11. Ned and Ina won with 11 points.

  12. Name

  Chose

  Dinah

  Joan Baez

  Lena

  Patti Smith

  Kathy

  Donny Osmond Mary

  Dolly Parton Liz

  Led Zepplin

  George

  ABBA

  13. 12

  14. # Name

  Song

  1 Ida

  “Stayin’ Alive”

  2 Eunice

  “Freebird”

  3 Madge

  “You Really Got Me”

  4 Vera

  “I Will Survive”

  15. 44 candles 4 (x + 4) + 5 (x + 5) = 10 x

  x = (4 × 4) + (5 × 5) = 41

  16. 1000: one thousand.

  17. Woman

  Color

  Guy

  Lulu Flaymon

  Pink

  Brock

  Frieda Bellabella

  Red

  Ewan

  Hortense Hubbahubba

  Blue

  Dylan

  18. 10 cockroaches, 5 cats, and 35 parakeets

  19. 23,475

  20. 8 scarves: From the initial 49 she can make 7 small scarves—from the 7 bits left over she can make one more small scarf.

  21. A river

  22. She was the lighthouse keeper.

  23. Four: Dessert 1–Plate 1; Dessert 1–Plate 2; Dessert 2–Plate 1; Dessert 2–Plate 2.

  24. 6 choices: Papaya–Plate 1, Mango–Plate 2;

  Papaya–Plate 1, Mango–Plate 3;

  Mango–Plate 1, Papaya–Plate 2;

  Mango–Plate 1, Papaya–Plate 3;

  Papaya–Plate 2, Mango–Plate 3;

  Mango–Plate 2, Papaya–Plate 3.

  25. September. The numbers used are 366, +11, /13, +31, +3, /7 = 9.

  PHONING IT IN ANSWERS

  pages 304–305

  1. They never took baths!

  2. Reptiles!

  3. She was a plant eater!

  4. It’s dinosore!

  5. Plenty of room!

  BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL ANSWERS

  pages 306–307

  IF A=S AND S=K, THEN:

  A=S

  B=T

  C=U

  D=V

  E=W

  F=X

  G=Y

  H=Z

  I=A

  J=B

  K=C

  L=D

  M=E

  N=F

  O=G

  P=H

  Q=I

  R=J

  S=K

  T=L

  U=M

  V=N

  W=O

  X=P

  Y=Q

  Z=R

  U=M

  1. Her horoscope said:

  Pay attention to the signs.

  2. Her fortune cookie said:

  Money will come your way today.

  3. A psychic stopped her on the street and said:

  You will be rich!

  4. The Ouiji Board said:

  Today is your lucky day.

  5. And her clairvoyant Grandson said:

  Buy a lottery ticket!

  MORSE CODE ANSWERS

  pages 308–310

  1. Rash decisions

  2. There was a big cover up.

  3. He made a clean getaway

  4. He got mugged

  5. Someone squealed

  BUSTED! ANSWERS

  pages 311–313

  1. Beethoven

  2. Brahms

  3. Tchaikovsky

  4. Chopin

  5. Schubert

  6. Copland

  7. Liszt

  8. Prokofiev

  9. Haydn

  10. Bach

  MEMORY BOX #7 ANSWERS

  pages 314–317

  1. three; 2. Patricia; 3. cat; 4. giraffe; 5. snake; 6. Cindy; 7. Amy; 8. Uncle Ned; 9. Patricia and Mama Lena; 10. singing

  LYNN BRUNELLE is an Emmy Award-winning writer and best-selling author. She has written for Cranium, Brain Quest, and World Almanac as well as the TV show Bill Nye the Science Guy. She is a regular contributor to NPR’s Science Friday Kids’ Connection and has written for PBS, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic World, Nickelodeon, and FamilyFun magazine. She lives near Seattle with her husband and two sons.