Sunday, May 11, 2014

WHACHAMACALITS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Oct/Nov 1989

Can you come up with the actual names of these commonly seen objects?

1. The part of a rotary or push-button phone on which the headset rests
2. The little metal band around a pencil, right next to the eraser
3. The plastic or metal tip of a shoelace
4. The whole through which #3 is slipped when tying your shoes
5. The small, curved end on a suit hanger that forms a letter "C"
6. The part of the stairway you step on
7. The small posts that support the banister on a staircase
8. The parts of a pair of glasses that rest on your ears
9. The little loop on the front of a belt that secures the tip of the belt
10. The wooden or metal frames in which the glass panes of a window are set

Answers:

1. Cradle
2. Ferrule
3. Aglet
4. Eyelet
5. Turnback
6. Tread
7. Balusters
8. Temples
9. Keeper
10. Muntins (not mullions)

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