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Hink pinks are one-syllable words that rhyme; hinky pinkies are two-syllable words that rhyme; hinkety pinketies are three-syllable words that rhyme. For example, what's a hinky pinky for a humorous animal with long ears? Answer: funny bunny. Try these:

 

  1. What's a hink pink for an obese feline?
  2. What's a hinky pinky for an improved written communication?
  3. What's a hinkety pinkety for a believable food?
  4. What's a hinky pinky for turbulent sauce?
  5. What's a hink pink for something you see that glows?

 

Answer to last week's Brain Booster

Begin by making a chart like the following:

 
 nameheighthair lengthearring?
AnnieHeathcliffshortlongyes
BernardSherlocktalllongyes
CarolynRomeomediumshortyes
DanielHarryshortlongno

Now begin crossing out details that you know are wrong.

Since only one detail in each column can be correct, we know the character doesn't wear an earring, so cross out each "yes" in the earring column. Daniel was right about the earring. Since Daniel can be right about only one thing, cross out "Harry," "short," and "long" in Daniel's row. Since only one detail in each column can be correct, you can cross out "long" the two times it still appears in the hair-length column. Carolyn was right about the hair. Since Carolyn can be right about only one thing, cross out "Romeo" and "medium" in Carolyn's column. We already crossed out "short" in Daniel's row, so cross it out in Annie's row, as well. Since Annie has to be right about one detail, it must be Heathcliff-the character's name. That means Bernard is wrong about the name, so cross out Sherlock. Since Bernard has to be right about one thing, we know the character is tall.

Heathcliff, the main character of the book, is tall, has short hair, and never wears an earring.

 

 

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