This is a pretty simple game; just answer the teaser. I'll start us off.

Can you rearrange the following letters to give four different 6-letter words?

B E L S T U

Is no one willing to try?

(Ok)

bluest
bustle
sublet
subtle


Next: ahects (four words)

I tried but could only find 5 words.
bustle
sublet
subtle
bluest
bluets

cheats
chaste
stache
taches

Correct. You only needed to find 4 six letter words. Great job. Nice puzzle Shed, here is a new easy one:

Next: What do the following words have in common?

Fall, Flower, Pipe, Lass, Shield, Sock

You can add the word wind to the front of each one and create another word.

Correct Jo!

Can you rearrange these letters to give the title of a classic 19th century novel? exotic age patterns

exotic age patterns = Great Expectations

Correct Shed!

Next question: In a game of chess, how many different choices do you have for your first move?

20
2 choices for each pawn and 2 choices for each knight.

you have 8 pawns, any of which can move one or two squares, so we have 16 so far. Each of 2 knights can make one of two moves, adding 4. (you didn't specify they had to be GOOD moves).

So the answer is 20.

Oh, jo said that already. I'll take the silver.

Amoeba is a bowl divide once per minute. If the bowl is half full in 49 minutes, how long will it take for the bowl to be full?

According to my 12 year old....50 minutes!!!

He is correct, Maddie. If it's half full and each amoeba divides every minute, it'll be full in 50 minutes.

Your kid is a genius!

This one is quite simple: Seven men arrive at a meeting, and each of them shakes hands once with each of the others. Can you tell me how many handshakes does that make?

Each of 7 men shakes hands with the 6 others. That makes 42 handshakes.

My math genius son says 21

6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1...

and I agree

Ditto....21

Correct the answer is in fact 21! Great job everyone.

Next: Rearrange these letters to give the title of a Clint Eastwood movie: Girlishpathfinder

Wow...this one is difficult...still trying to work it out.

Here is a clue: The movie was made in 1973.

Well that gave it away....High Plains Drifter.

I'm sorry, I was just trying to help you out. The next one might be a tough one.

Next: The difference between the squares of two consecutive positive whole numbers is 25. What are the two numbers?

12 and 13

If there are five apples and you take away three, how many apples do you have?

I only have the 3 I took away.

Next: A pound of apples and a pound of bananas cost $3.65, a pound of bananas and a pound of cherries cost $4.95, and a pound of apples and a pound of cherries cost $6.10. What is the price per pound of each fruit?

[quote=Kellycakes]I'm sorry, I was just trying to help you out. The next one might be a tough one.

[quote]

That wasnt a complaint...it had taken me ages going through the list...then immediately you said the year I realised which one it was...must have looked past it several times

Apples----$2.40 per pound
Bananas---$1.25 per pound
Cherries---$3.70 per pound

(And some folks think that algebra is useless... )

Great job Shed, it took me forever to figure that one out.

Next: What number gives the same result when it is added to five as when it is multiplied by five?

1.25

I am an underground seed.Some like to spread me around. If you eat me raw I'll make you sick. If you're small we're often called by the same name. What am I?

Need another clue?

(no)

Answer is a peanut (spread around as in peanut butter).

Thats a good one Dax, I knew Shed would figure it out!

Ready for another mathematical one?

The time is twenty-six minutes to one in the afternoon. The year is 1978, and the date is May 6th. What is the significance of this?

12345678

Time is 12.34 on the 6th day of the 5th month in 78

On the 5th day of the 6th month in 78.

That would be June 5th......

No...May 6 is the 6th day of the 5th month. Otherwise, the number 4 is omitted and the sequence is interrupted.
I think madhousekeeper is right.

The significance of the date/time is that it is the only time where the date is 12345678...that is,
12:34, 5-6-78 (unless, of course, you go back to 12:34, May 6, 789 when you could get yet another digit.)