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Secret Identities

Quick show of hands — who can tell me who Wally West is?

Those of you not raising your hands probably had girlfriends in high school. Those of you with your hands flailing through the air probably spent your youth debating whether or not Wolverine’s claws could cut through Captain America’s shield.

Yes, any connoisseur of the [...]

7 X 70

I’m seven times seventy,
Plus a decade more.
This has all happened before.
Red and gold, I am no liar.
My nursery will be made
From my funeral pyre.

Who am I?

Renaissance Man

I’m full of keys whenever I’m made
I came about wooden when the Renaissance played

Hundreds of years later, I was divided
And two new keys to me were provided

Then in 1760, and that’s forty years later
Three keys were added by Florio, Gedney, and Potter

Around the 80′s of the century mentioned
I was used by Mozart and Haydn

Over the [...]

Upper Crust

Many years ago, when the British upper crust traveled to what was then the colony of India, they went by ship. (British Airways hadn’t been invented yet.) If they were sufficiently wealthy, they would ask for a stateroom on the port, or left, side of the vessel on the way to India.

On the trip home [...]

Leader of Men Face

I wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my
appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country
and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I
penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my
youth I am [...]

Feeling Groovy

Which is greater, the number of grooves on one side of a vinyl record (if you can remember them!) or the number of days in the year?

Snippy Brits

In 1415, English king Henry V invaded France. After months of battle without victory, Henry decided to pack his bags. His army was tired, ill, and desperate for a proper cup of Earl Grey.

The French outnumbered the Brits four to one. They pledged to smash the invaders, then take the surviving Brits and remove certain [...]

Rebus the Kid

What is the meaning of this rebus?

Marcus Brutus
John Wilkes Booth
Billy the Kid
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow

Traveling Gnome

I am the world’s greatest traveler. I have been transported by camel, dog sled, pony express, bicycle, train, steamship, automobile/car, airplane, airship, and rocket.

I have portraits of presidents, kings, queens, princes, princesses, shahs, sultans, tribal chiefs, adventurers, explorers, patriots, martyrs, inventors, pioneers, artists, musicians, architects, poets, aviators, dramatists, novelists, painters, athletes, cardinals, saints, and sinners.
I [...]

Tower of Power

I was on a road trip with a friend when we drove past a very tall radio tower. I told my friend “That thing has to be at least a thousand feet tall!” He looked out the window for a moment, and said “No, it’s actually about 1500 feet.” We stopped at a gas station [...]