Common Thread (4) – Word Game

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The start with a letter

Steve

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If you solve these correctly (as intended), the solutions will share a common trait:

01. WW2 Army food ____________________
02. National supplier of trucks and vans ________________________
03. $100 bill ______________________
04. Computer to computer communications ____________________
05. Cotton swabs for the ear _______________________
06. Very revealing picture ______________________
07. Casual garment _________________________
08. Faulty rocket part in the Challenger disaster __________________
09. Construction support in a skyscraper _____________________
10. Camera lens setting ________________________
11. Seldom played song on a 45 r.p.m. ____________________
12. Upright line in a graph _____________________
13. Striptease garment ______________________

Note: Though most of the correct answers will be internationally recognized, at least one or two of the correct answers in this puzzle are U.S. / North American specific. I think!

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01. C-Rations
03. C-note
05. Q-tip
07. T-shirt
09. I-Beam
10. F-Stop
11. B-side
12. x-axis ?
13. G-string

These were the easy ones. I’m still thinking ’bout the rest.

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Hi Samantha: I have different answers for #1 and #12.

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Blast! I always did get my y & x axes confused

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my teacher taught us that the x-axis runs across (a cross = X) the page.

I always remember that.

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That’s a great way to remember — thanks, Tim! This is one of those things where I can remember that I get confused, but then I can’t remember if my first inclination is how I used to answer and that’s the wrong answer, or if I now remember the proper order, but I think I have it wrong. Makes me .

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You’re not getting off that easy. Let’s see some individual answers to the 13 definitions…

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Thought the “common trait” was the puzzle…

01. C-Rations = WW2 Army food
02. U-Haul = National supplier of trucks and vans
03. C-Note = $100 bill
04. E-mail = Computer to computer communications
05. Q-tip = Cotton swabs for the ear
06. X-rated = Very revealing picture
07. T-Shirt = Casual garment
08. O-ring = Faulty rocket part in the Challenger disaster
09. I-Beam =Construction support in a skyscraper
10. F-stop =Camera lens setting
11. B-side =Seldom played song on a 45 r.p.m.
12. Y-axis =Upright line in a graph
13. G-string = Striptease garment

Steve

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Hi Steve –
It was!
I was just trying to be a pain

By the way, I have a different answer for #1.
I also have a different answer for #6, but we’ll mark yours as acceptable.

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Would they be
K-rations
X-ray
?

Alan

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Alan – That’s exactly what I have.

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So you wanted the ever-popular K-ration and X-ray I saw.
You accepted X-rated as a revealing picture
But both C-ration (as well as) and D-ration should be acceptable as they were used in WWII in addition to K-rations
http://www.ww2rationtechnologies.com/History.html%5B/url%5D

Steve

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I’m in full agreement – Any of the responses you mentioned should’ve been acceptable.

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