From: chris@peregrine.peregrine.com (Chris Cole)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: Riddles
Date: 16 Aug 92 06:09:08 GMT
Reply-To: chris@peregrine (Chris Cole)
Organization: Peregrine Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Aug14.213109.16597@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> lhmaddox@netmail.austin.ibm.com writes:
>In  <1992Aug14.172353.17944@news.acns.nwu.edu>  mmass@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Michael Massing) writes:
>> > 57 H V 
>> > 9 P in the S S

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This puzzle originally was printed in "Games" magazine in 1981, by Will Shortz.

1 = G. S. for M. K. (1 giant step for man kind/mankind)
1 = S. C. in D. P. (1 single calorie in diet pepsi)
1 = W. on a U. (1 wheel on a unicycle)
2 = H. in a W. (2 halves in a whole)
2 = P. in a P. (2 peas in a pod)
3 = B. M. (S. H. T. R. !) (3 blind mice, see how they run!)
3 = W. M. (3 wise men)
4 = Q. in a F. G. (4 quarters in a football game)
4 = S. in a Y. (4 seasons in a year)
5 = D. in a Z. C. (5 digits in a zip code)
5 = T. on a F. (5 toes on a foot)
6 = P. in a P. (6 pigs in a poke)
6 = of O. and a H. D. of the O. (6 of one and a half dozen of the other)
7 = C. in a R. (colors in a rainbow : ROYGBIV)
7 = K. of F. in H. P. (7 kinds of fruit in hawaiian punch)
7 = W. of the W. (7 wonders of the world)
8 = L. on an O. (8 legs on an octopus)
8 = S. on a S. S. (8 sides on a stop sign)
9 = L. of a C. (9 lives of a cat)
9 = P. in the S. S. (9 planets in the solar system)
10 = L. I. B. (10 little indian boys)
11 = P. on a F. T. (11 players on a football team)
12 = D. of C. (12 days of Christmas)
12 = S. of the Z. (12 signs of the zodiac)
12 = T. of I. (12 tribes of Israel)
13 = B. D. (13 = baker's dozen)
13 = S. on the A. F. (13 stripes on the American flag)
14 = D. in a F. (14 days in a fortnight)
15 = M. on a D. M. C. (15 men on a dead man's chest)
18 = H. on the G. C. (18 holes on the golf course)
20 = C. in a P. (20 cigarettes in a pack)
24 = B. B. B. in a P. (24 black birds baked in a pie)
24 = B. B. to a C. (24 beer bottles to a case)
24 = H. in a D. (24 hours in a day)
25 = Y. of M. for a S. A. (25 years of marriage for a silver anniversary)
29 = D. in F. in a L. Y. (29 days in Febuary in a leap year.)
32 = D. F. at which W. F. (32 degrees Fahrenheit at which water freezes)
36 = I. on a Y. S. (36 inches on a yard stick)
40 = D. and N. of the G. F. (40 days and nights of the great flood)
50 = W. to L. Y. L. (50 ways to leave your lover)
52 = W. in a Y. (52 weeks in a year)
54 = C. in a D. (with the J.) (54 cards in a deck with the jokers)
57 = H. V. (57 heinz varieties)
64 = S. on a C. (64 squares on a checkerboard)
76 = T. L. the B. P. (76 trombones led the big parade)
88 = P. K. (88 piano keys)
90 = D. in a R. A. (90 degrees in a right angle)
96 = T., by ? (96 Tears, by ?)
100 = B. of B. on a W. (100 bottles of beer on a wall)
101 = D. (101 dalmations)
101 = a S. M. L. (101, a silly millimeter longer)
200 = D. for P. G. in M. (200 dollars for passing go in monopoly)
206 = B. in the H. B. (206 bones in the human body)
365 = D. in a Y. (365 days in a year)
500 = M. in the I. F. H. (500 miles in the Indianapolis Five Hundred)
1000 = I. in N. Y. (1000 islands in new york)
1000 = W. that a P. is W. (1000 words that a picture is worth)
1001 = A. N.  (1001 arabian nights, as in tales of)
20000 = L. U. the S. (20000 leagues under the sea)