When calculators became cheap in the 1970s, millions of kids
discovered that they could spell out words using numbers that looked like
letters and flipping the screen upside-down. Can you guess these?
1. What bacon does when it hits a hot pan: 372215
2. If you make an omelet, you'll end up with a lot of these: 577345663
3. Central American nation: 321738
4. Where caged creatures live: 0.02
5. Turtle hut: 77345
6. A traditional Inuit home: 0.0761
7. Norwegian City: 0.750
8. He has no home but the rails: 0.804
9. Similar to a clarinet, but with two reeds instead of one: 3080
10. Cowboys wear it instead of a tie: 0.708
11. The capital of Idaho: 35108
12. Emmy Award-winning TV show: 3376
13. Search me: 376006
14. It the tide doesn't flow, it…: 5883
15. Immigrant island: 51773
16. A paid male "companion": 0.70616
17. They're alive, with the sound of music: 57714
18. Black gold! Texas tea! 710
19. When black gold (or Texas tea) does when it emerges from the ground: 53200
20. Building block: 0.637
21. Where your boss might tell you to go: 7734
22. Letter-cube board game: 376608
23. Some people collect stamps; others go bird
watching: 5318804
24: Russian ballet company: 1045708
25. Uncle John's handwriting: 378163771
Here are the answers.
1. Sizzle
2. Eggshells
3. Belize
4. Zoo
5. Shell
6. Igloo
7. Oslo
8. Hobo
9. Oboe
10.Bolo
11. Boise
12. Glee
13. Google
14. Ebbs
15. Ellis
16. Gigolo
17. Hills
18. Oil
19. Oozes
20. LEGO
21. Hell
22. Boggle
23. Hobbies
24. Bolshoi
25. Illegible
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