{"id":608,"date":"2010-08-06T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/08\/06\/friday-quiz-scrambled-geometry\/"},"modified":"2010-08-06T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:40:00","slug":"friday-quiz-scrambled-geometry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/08\/06\/friday-quiz-scrambled-geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Quiz: Scrambled Geometry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My sister-in-law got me a &#8220;puzzle of the day&#8221; desk calendar for Christmas. She apologised profusely for not getting me anything &#8220;better&#8221; (by which she meant &#8220;more expensive&#8221;), but honestly it&#8217;s one of the best presents I got! Some of the puzzles are dumb, but lots of them are really fun, and just occasionally there&#8217;s a science or maths themed entry that provides me with excellent blog fodder.<\/p>\n<p>This one&#8217;s a set of geometry-related anagrams, perfect for a Friday quiz for my readers!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>ALARM GALLOPER is <span style=\"color: blue\">PARALLELOGRAM (PIKA)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>BARLEY HOP is <span style=\"color: blue\">HYPERBOLA (BOB)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>EARTH RODENT is <span style=\"color: blue\">TETRAHEDRON (BOB)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>GREY TIN MOTOR is <span style=\"color: blue\">TRIGONOMETRY (ARINK)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>HOP DEARLY is <span style=\"color: blue\">POLYHEDRA (SILVER FOX)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>NUCLEAR DIPPER is <span style=\"color: blue\">PERPENDICULAR (PIKA)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>PRIME TREE is <span style=\"color: blue\">PERIMETER (PIKA)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>READ TIME is <span style=\"color: blue\">DIAMETER (ARINK)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>RELATE QUAIL is <span style=\"color: blue\">EQUILATERAL (ARINK)<\/span> <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>SEES COILS is <span style=\"color: blue\">ISOSCELES (BOB)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>TO SCRIBE is <span style=\"color: blue\">BISECTOR (PIKA)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>UPSET HONEY is <span style=\"color: blue\">HYPOTENUSE (BOB)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"color: red\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: black\">Answer in the comments<\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: black\"> &#8211; <\/span><\/span>but please submit only one answer per person per hour<\/b><\/span>, to give as many people as possible a chance to play before Bob attempts to sweep the board like he did <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/ennis\/2010\/07\/16\/friday-quiz-science-mnemonics\">last time<\/a>. Oh, and there&#8217;s no need to answer in the right order &#8211; choose any anagram you like!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll update the post with the answers and bragging rights as and when I get time, and I&#8217;ll add clues if there are any unanswered questions after a day or two.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister-in-law got me a &#8220;puzzle of the day&#8221; desk calendar for Christmas. She apologised profusely for not getting me anything &#8220;better&#8221; (by which she meant &#8220;more expensive&#8221;), but honestly it&#8217;s one of the best presents I got! Some of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/08\/06\/friday-quiz-scrambled-geometry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,26,58,3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-competition","category-english-language","category-family","category-science","category-silliness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}