Puzzles for week of January 12-16, 2009

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ANSWERS TO THE RIDDLES MAY BE POSTED IN THE COMMENT SECTION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANSWERS, PLEASE DON'T READ COMMENT SECTION. I WILL POST ANSWERS ON THURSDAY AS I WILL NOT BE IN OFFICE ON FRIDAY.

Welcome to a new week of fun for all. Sit back, relax and enjoy!

BRAIN TEASER:
This brief old-fashioned verse will give you an appropriate word.
My first is in father but not in dad
My second in lass and also lad
My third is in low but not in we
My last in live but not in be
If in my whole no one believes
For thirteen weeks I'll give you leaves.

BRAIN TEASER:

My quiz for this today, is most unusual. As is this paragraph. What is so unusual about it? If you look hard, you should find what it is without too much difficulty. Try hard to spot it. How long did you think about it?

RIDDLES FOR THIS WEEK:

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.
What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?
What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?
What walks all day on its head?
What gets wet when drying?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

Hope you enjoy this weeks blog of riddles and brain teasers. Answers will be posted on Thursday. Have a great week!

ANSWERS FOR THIS WEEKS BLOG ARE AS FOLLOWS:

BRAIN TEASER

Fall

SAY WHAT YOU SEE SOLUTION:

Standing in Line

DAILY BRAIN TEASER SOLUTION:

There is no E at all in the paragraph. That is very uncommon, as E is the letter most used in English

SOLUTION TO RIDDLES FOR THIS WEEK ARE:

1. Pencil lead
2. The Sun
3. Your Word
4. A nail in a horseshoe
5. A Towel
6. The Letter M.

Thank you for playing this weeks puzzles and riddles! I will see you on Monday with new fun for next week! Have a great weekend!