What is "monkey puzzle"

Monkey's puzzle \Mon"key's puz"zle\ (Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree ( Araucaria araucana, formerly Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted ``as to puzzle a monkey to climb.'' It is also called monkey puzzle and monkey puzzle tree. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi[~n]on by the Chilians.

n. A large coniferous tree, ''Araucaria araucana'', native to Chile. (from 19th c.)

n. large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts [syn: chile pine, Araucaria araucana]

Monkey Puzzle may refer to:

• Araucaria araucana, the monkey puzzle tree, a species of conifer
• Rathinda amor, a species of butterfly
• Monkey Puzzle (American band), an a cappella music group
• Monkey Puzzle (rock band), a New Zealand rock band
• The Monkey Puzzle (UFO album)
• The Monkey Puzzle (The Saints album), 1981
• Monkey Puzzle (book), a 2000 illustrated children's book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
• Monkey Puzzle (film), a 2008 Australian film

Monkey Puzzle is an a cappella music group from Bloomington, Indiana which formed in the mid-1990s, releasing their first CD in 1995. In 1999 they won the award for "Best World/Folk Song" from The Contemporary A Cappella Society and their third CD was nominated by the same organization for Best Album of 1999. As of 2005, they are still performing, though only conducting occasional reunion concerts the most recent of which was in 2013.

The group is known for composing unusual sound mixes and lyrics using the broad range of capabilities present within its members. Their music covers a fairly broad range of music styles including pop/rock, world, folk and even chant.

Monkey Puzzle is a New Zealand based high energy rock act that has performed and recorded since 1995. Monkey Puzzle has consisted of various lineups over the years, led by guitarist and lead vocalist Danny Rodda. Danny grew up on the Kapiti Coast 50 kilometres north of Wellington New Zealand and went to school with Karl Kippenberger ( Shihad) and Ara Adams Tamatea ( Katchafire)

Over the years Monkey Puzzle have performed at many live events, including the Queenstown Winter Festival, and were the opening act for the 1999 Creed tour of New Zealand, Planet X New Zealand 2002, and Vodafone Xtreme Air 2002, 2003, 2004. Multiple tours of NZ and Australia saw the band sell over 150,000 albums over a 10-year period. After a few years off while Rodda pursued other musical outlets, Monkey Puzzle returned to the world stage in late 2008 with a new album and tour.

Since 2005 Rodda has been playing with a side project called The Rascal Kings and as of January 2010 TRK has been his main musical outlet with 2 E.Ps and an Album already under their belt their output has already been quite prolific. The Rascal Kings have been produced by Jimmy Christmas ( Luger Boa The D4).

Over the years Rodda's music has been featured on over 30 X-Sports videos and compilation soundtracks, numerous TV shows and has received extensive airplay throughout New Zealand, Australia, and the USA. In 2000 the track "How 'Bout You?" also made it to the semifinals of the Channel V Australia Leg Up band contest, beating out over 15,000 entrants to make the top 100. The track still gets plenty of airplay and the video, which was infamously lost by New Zealand post for over 6 years, is finally getting airplay as of March 2008.

The band has released three EPs, 5 albums and 1 DVD.

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is an illustrated children's book.

Monkey Puzzle is a 2008 Australian film about several friends who get lost in the wilderness.

The film was shot on location in the Blue Mountains.