The ABCDFG Puzzle

Here is a new puzzle.

1. The ABCDFG Puzzle

List the first seven letters of the alphabet. Take out the E. Now, find a word that, when placed after each letter in your list, forms a sequence of letters that sound like words.

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The Forgetful Con Man and CCGV

Here are two word puzzles.
1. Why are these 4 words so interesting?
COTTON
CASHMERE
GENERATE
 VASELINE

2. The Forgetful Con Man
Once upon a time, there was a old con man. He had two identical twins, Anthony and Alex, both of whom were very rich. They didn't know he was a con man.
This con man was very forgetful. Whenever he was going to do something, he would inevitably  have forgotten it unless he wrote it down on his reminder board.
Now you have all the information, here is the puzzle:
One day, the con man had to make a very hard decision. After much thought, he decided, "I'll do it." Hesitantly, he wrote a reminder on his reminder board. Then the con man looked at the reminder, and realized he could rewrite it to save space on his board. So he erased the reminder and rewrote it.

Here is what he wrote. What was he going to do?

Hint below.

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Hint: The two straight lines are trisectors of the figure below them.

Hami, China

The city of Hami in China is also known as the city of Kumul in the province of Xinjiang. Hami is famous for its melons, but not much else. The Han people were in constant strife with the Xiongnu people over this region, as it was very fertile. When the Mongols invaded a small kingdom was established here called Qara Del. Benedict Goës visited on his travels through the area when he traveled to Cathay to see whether or not it was China.  Apparently, in the past the Chinese procured diamonds, gold and agate from this region.

Researched from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hami_City for Popsicle Stick Project #1
 

Lamarck vs Darwin on Woodpeckers

What would Lamarck have said about a woodpecker's cushioned head? And how would Darwin have replied? A hypothetical conversation:

Lamarck: Bonjour Charles!

Darwin: Cheerio Jean-Baptiste!

Lamarck: Ze woodpecker is a hard-headed old fellow no?

Darwin: Yes, thanks to natural selection.

Lamarck: Aah mon ami (shaking head dubiously). I say it is due to using his head over and over again to make holes in ze trees! He uses it and uses it and develops a cushioning layer from all this use. That cushion protects him. His little baby woodpecker inherits it from him no?

Darwin: Jean-Baptiste, you have made a mistake. The woodpecker inherits the cushioned head as follows:

Imagine a large population of woodpeckers. Some have well-cushioned heads, some have less-cushioned heads.

Woodpeckers with well-cushioned heads can peck holes in trees more effectively than woodpeckers with less-cushioned heads. This enabled the woodpeckers with well-cushioned heads to survive better during times of low food supply than their less-cushioned counterparts.

The woodpeckers with well-cushioned heads have a trait that helps them survive longer. This makes them more attractive to female woodpeckers. And as a result, they reproduce more.

Another anagram puzzle

What does IS PASSPORT RENEWAL scramble to that has 3 words, and the last word is SWANS?

Anagrams

Quick puzzle: How are these words, sentences, and groups of words related?

I DREW

IS PARADE

AA CRIME

(By the way, aa is a kind of lava.)

Answer: They're all anagrams! Anagrams are when you take the letters of any word or sentence and rearrange them to make a diffrent word or sentence.

Once you've solved the above, try this:
Unscramble the words below. (Hint: Sherlock Holmes)

(Clue: It has four words)

YEMEN

ELATE

DRY

MAR

NOT

SAW

2 little mathematical riddles

1. Imagine you have 100029 marbles.Your friend has 11(x) marbles, you don't know what x is.
You compare marbles and discover that your friend has "n" less marbles than you. What is "n" if it is less than 12?
2.10 brothers have had an extremely good apple harvest. The 10 brothers have divided up the crop evenly when one brother suddenly has to do an errand. The remaining 9 divide up the crop evenly again when another brother walks off again. This repeats until one brother is left with all the apples. Every time a brother walked off the apples were divided evenly, and every time the brother that walked off did not eat an apple. What is the least amount of apples where this is possible?