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December - April Puzzles Inspired by the NCAA Basketball Championship "March Madness"*

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CONGRATULATIONS to the University of Florida, the 2006 NCAA Champion!
Final score: FLORIDA - 73, UCLA - 57
GOOD LUCK and cogratulations to this year's FINAL FOUR:
Ohio State, Georgetown, Florida and UCLA

Congratulations AGAIN to the University of Florida and Billy Donovan, the 2007 NCAA Champion! WOW!!!

Puzzle #1 - Speedy Point Guards - Directions

Answers to the "STORY #1" above can be found at he bottom of this page.
Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #1 "text":

Answer 1:--a 9 letter verb that comes from the Latin root FIC meaning "to make or do" and whose definition is "to serve as a referee, umpire, etc. in a contest or game; to perform the duties or function of some business or position"
Answer 2:--a 9 letter noun that comes from the Latin roots PERI & METER meaning "around & measure" and whose definition is "the whole outer boundary of measurement of a surface or figure"
Answer 3:--a 10 letter noun that comes from the Latin root REG meaning "to rule or right" and whose definition is "a law, rule or other order prescribed by authority, esp. to control conduct"
Answer 4:--a 10 letter verb that comes from the Latin root STIT meaning "to stand" and whose definition is "to put (a person or thing) in place of another; to take the place of or replace"

PUZZLE #1 - Basketball - Answer Sheet

Your answer 1 Answer #1:
Your answer 2 Answer #2:
Your answer 3 Answer #3:
Your answer 4 Answer #4:

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In the list below are 47 possible word answers for the three Championship Puzzles. Four words are the correct answers for the puzzle above. Eight other words are the answers used in the other two puzzles below.
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A-C: assist, assure, bench, block, boards, booster, botch, brawl, break-away, bucket, charge, conceal, contact, cover
D-H: deceive, defender, detect, disguise, domination, dribble, dunk, feign, flagrant, foul, guard, hook
I-P: incidental, intensity, interference, malady, official, officiate, perimeter, penalty, pivot, possession
R-V: rebound, regulation, retaliate, reveal, rough, shadow, shooter, substitute, technical, victorious, violation

* *March Madness is a trademark and the property of the NCAA. The trademark holder is NOT affiliated with Vocabulary University® or this website.

Puzzle #2 - Tall, Lanky Centers

Answers to the "STORY #2" above can be found at the bottom of this page.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #2 "text":

Answer 5:--a 5 letter verb that comes from the Latin root FINGERE meaning "to invent, shape" and whose definition is "to represent fictitiously; to put on an appearance of; to invent deceptively"
Answer 6:--a 8 letter adjective that comes from the Latin root FLAG meaning "to burn" and whose definition is "glaring offensive; shockingly noticeable or evident; notorious; scandalous; outrageous"
Answer 7:--a 9 letter noun that comes from the Latin root VIOLA meaning "force or strength" and whose definition is "act of breaking or infringing a law, promise, instruction, etc.; a breach"
Answer 8:--a 9 letter adjective that comes from the Latin root TECHNI meaning "art" and whose definition is "judged by a stringent interpretation of the rules; characteristic of a particular art, science, profession or trade"

PUZZLE #2 - Basketball - Answer Sheet

Your answer 5 Answer #5:
Your answer 6 Answer #6:
Your answer 7 Answer #7:
Your answer 8 Answer #8:

"Hi, I'm Dick Shinary, Chancellor of Literacy at Vocabulary University.
The list below contains links that should stimulate your thinking about basketball as well as your intellectual curiosity about former championship winners in various professional sports."

Men's NCAA Basketball Champions since 1939
Women's NCAA Basketball Champions in the last 20 years
Top 10 All-Time NBA Teams
Professional Hockey Champions since 1883!!
2001 Final Championship results here!
More good sport-links soon. Suggests are welcome!

Puzzle #3 - "March Madness"* BRACKET

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Links to tournament "brackets" in the past will be posted soon.

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® - Puzzle #3 "text" where the words describe the excitement of the men's college Final Four Tournament called "The Big Dance" :

Answer 9:--a 10 letter adjective that comes from the Latin root VICT meaning "to conquer" and whose definition is "conquering; triumphant; having achieved success or a victory"
Answer 10:--a 10 letter noun that comes from the Latin root DOMIN meaning "power or to rule" and whose definition is "act of controlling, governing or ruling by a superior authority or power; exercising rule or control"
Answer 11:--a 9 letter noun that comes from the Latin root TENS meaning "to stretch" and whose definition is "condition of existing or occurring to an extreme degree; great in force, strength, severity or amount"
Answer 12:--a 10 letter noun that comes from the Latin root POS meaning "power or to be able" and whose definition is "the fact of ownership; condition of gaining or exerting influence or physical control of or over"

PUZZLE #3 - Basketball - Answer Sheet

Your answer 9 Answer #9:
Your answer 10 Answer #10:
Your answer 11 Answer #11:
Your answer 12 Answer #12:

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Answers to "STORY #1" are: perimeter, officiate, regulation, substitute
Answers to "STORY #2" are: violations, technical, flagrant, feign

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