Brain Buster #1001
Fill in the missing digits below and complete the multiplication problem.
Each question mark always represents the same digit.
1 0 0 0 0 1
x ? ? ? ? ?
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Brain Buster #1002
Fill in the blanks below to complete three words that contain the letters
DEC.
DEC_ _ _ _ _ (proper)
_ _ _ DE _ _ C (widespread)
_ _ D _ _ EC _ (pensive)
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Brain Buster #1003
Start with MEAT and end up with BONE in only five steps, changing one letter
at a time to form the interim words.
MEAT
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
BONE
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Brain Buster #1004
What is the 5-digit number (including zero) in which the last digit is twice
the first, the second digit is the difference between the third and the first,
and the fourth digit is the sum of the first and third added and then subtracted
from the fifth.
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Brain Buster #1005
What four-letter word inserted in the blank below will create two new words
from those on either side? (Hyphenated words are allowed.)
FRAME ________ PLACE
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Brain Buster #1006
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters,
complete the sentences below?
"What a handsome _______ - leather cover on that book," said the collector.
"I buy books not for their look but for the pleasure of _______ them," replied
the scholar.
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Brain Buster #1007
Murray likes rhythms but not music, calendars but not datebooks, and
cucumbers but not pickles.
What do his preferences have in common?
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Brain Buster #1008
Tim received a letter from his only first cousin's mother's only
brother-in-law on either side of the family. Who was the letter from?
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Brain Buster #1009
A well-known saying appears below in high-flown language. Can you
restore it to its original form?
It is all but impossible---indeed, very difficult---to attempt to instruct a
superannuated canine in the art of acquiring hithertofore unknown stunts or
activities.
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Brain Buster #1010
Fill in each of the blanks below with a word that means the same as the words
on either side.
(inconsequential) ________ (illumination)
(stooped) ________ (talent)
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Brain Buster #1011
Arlene has found a cut-rate florist's shop where she can buy 6 poinsettias
and 5 lilies for $61, or 5 poinsettias and 6 lilies for $60. How much will
she have to pay for a dozen lilies?
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Brain Buster #1012
Fill in the blanks below to find four places to sit.
_ _ T _ E _
_ _ _ E _ _ O _ _
A _ _ _ H _ I _
_ O _ E _ E _ _
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Brain Buster #1013
It's palindrome time again.
After a night at the opera, what two observations about the lead singers did
AVA include in her letter to EVE?
A _ _ _ _ _ _ A
T _ _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ _ T
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Brain Buster #1014
Edith is twice as old as Ethel. Six years ago, Edith was 4 times as old
as Ethel, and 8 years ago she was 10 times as old. How old are they both
now?
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Brain Buster #1015
Each word below starts and ends with the same letters in the same order
(different letters for each word). Fill in the blanks and complete the
words.
_ _ AT _ _
_ _ UCAT _ _
_ _ _ _ CAD _ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #1016
Use a letter from the group below to form a one-letter word. Then
combine that letter with another letter from the group to form a two-letter
word, then combine those letters with another letter to form a three-letter
word; add in another letter to form a four-letter word, then another to form a
five-letter word and finally the remaining letter to form a six-letter word.
C I T N R E
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Brain Buster #1017
If 25 elves can pack 150 gift boxes in 2 hours, how many elves are needed to
pack 210 gift boxes in 7 hours?
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Brain Buster #1018
What three-letter word can be placed before each of the words below to make
four new words?
_______GO
_______BID
_______AGE
_______TUNE
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Brain Buster #1019
Evolution took millions of years, but you can turn FISH into FOWL in just
nine steps by changing one letter at a time to form the interim words.
FOWL
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
_____
FOWL
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Brain Buster #1020
Start with the number of drummer's drumming, add the number of items in a
baker's dozen, multiply by the number of fingers on one hand and divide by the
number of sides in a pentagram.
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Brain Buster #1021
What two words, formed from two different arrangements of the same eight
letters, will complete the sentence below?
Mayhem ensued on the circus grounds when the animal __________ were unable to
________ their charges.
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Brain Buster #1022
What number is one-fourth of one-half of one-tenth of 16 multiplied by 20?
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Brain Buster #1023
Fill in the blanks below to complete three words beginning with the letters
NEW.
NEW _ _ _ _ _ (double talk)
NEW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (novel)
NEW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (gossip)
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Brain Buster #1024
In the following multiplication example, each letter can be replaced by a
number to make the example mathematically correct.
A B C D E F G I
x
I
A A A A A A A A A
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Brain Buster #1025
What number comes next in the sequence?
1, 6, 13, 22, 33, ?
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