Monday, September 8, 2008

Puzzle of the When I Find a Good One

Eating on the Job. If a bowler's dinner is spare ribs and a jockey's condiment is horseradish, can you match up the occupations and categories below (1-26) with the appropriate choice of food (a-z)?
1. Actor's lunch; 2. Ark builder's fruit; 3. Blackjack dealer's snack; 4. Boxer's beverage; 5. Burglar's breakfast; 6. Bus driver's lunch; 7. Carpenter's dessert; 8. Computer seller's beverage; 9. Cowboy's vegetable; 10. Diamond cutter's vegetable; 11. Electrician's breakfast; 12. Geneticist's vegetable; 13. Golfer's lunch; 14. Hotel manager's vegetable; 15. Interrogator's lunch; 16. Mathematician's dessert; 17. Miner's salad; 18. Musician's vegetable; 19. Photographer's dessert; 20. Policeman's barbecue; 21. Preacher's dessert; 22. Scoutmaster's dessert; 23. Skin diver's dessert; 24. Student's fruit; 25. Tennis player's dinner; 26. Umpire's dessert.
a. Angel good cake; b. Apple juice; c. Beets; d. Black-eyed peas; e. Brownies; f. Carrots; g. Cheesecake; h. Chips; i. Club sandwich with tea; j. Coalslaw; k. Cramberries; l. Grilled cheese sandwich; m. Ham sandwich; n. Jam sandwich; o. Lobster; p. Ohmlettes; q. Pears; r. Pie; s. Pinto beans; t. Plumb pudding; u. Poached eggs; v. Punch; w. Rhubarb pie; x. Sponge cake; y. Steak-out; z. Suite potatoes

2 comments:

Chiemi said...

Well, that's all I got
1 m
2 k
3 d
4 v
5 u
6 n
7
8 b
9
10 f
11 p
12 q
13 i
14 z
15 l
16 r
17 j
18 c
19
20 y
21 a
22
23
24
25
26

Unknown said...

At first I thought this would be way too easy, and I breezed through about half of them. The next quarter were a little tougher, and took me longer, but not too bad. The last quarter, however, was hard enough to make me write down the remaining answers and compare for a while.

1 m
2 q
3 i
4 v
5 u
6 n
7 t
8 b
9 s
10 f
11 p
12 d
13 h
14 z
15 l
16 r
17 j
18 c
19 g
20 y
21 a
22 e
23 x
24 k
25 o
26 w (I still don't get this one)

There was much eye-rolling throughout the deciphering process. :)