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Brain Buster #1051

If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get?

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Brain Buster #1052

Change the first letter of each pair of words to form a new word.  Place the letter, the same for each pair, on the blank line in the middle.  When you finish, you will have a new word reading down.

TAIL ______ RANK
ONTO ______ AS
MINK ______ POST
RING _______ HILL

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Brain Buster #1053

Rearrange these letters to give the title of a classic 19th century novel:

EXOTIC AGE PATTERNS

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Brain Buster #1054

In one particular high school band in a certain school, 1/2 of the players are in 9th grade; 1/6 are in 10th grade; 1/12 are in 11th grade. The 12th graders number 15.  How many players are in this band?

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Brain Buster #1055

Find the word that fits the first definition, then add a "C" in front of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.

Place a "C" in front of a type of jump and get a cut of meat.
Place a "C" in front of what usually covers a head and get a piece of furniture.

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Brain Buster #1056

If you added together the number of 2's in each of the following sets of numbers, which set would contain the most 2's: 1-333, 334-666, or 667-999?

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Brain Buster #1057

Complete the eight words using each letter of the alphabet once and once only.

_ A _ E R I _ _
_U _ _ _ E
_ I _ _ E
_ _ L _ E R
_ I _ _
_ _ A P
B R _ _ _ N
_ O L _ _ A _

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Brain Buster #1058

In Puzzleland's silly grocery store down the block, the proprietor has decided to price his produce a certain way. A daffodil (he sells flowers too) is worth 10¢; a carrot is worth 8¢; a peach is worth 5¢; a zucchini is worth 10¢. What is a plum worth?

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Brain Buster #1059

Five times four twenty, plus two, equals twenty-three. Is this a possibility?

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Brain Buster #1060

A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?

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Brain Buster #1061

What four related words are merged here:

SWAS PURI UINM NTTU MGER MNER

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Brain Buster #1062

Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 percent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?

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Brain Buster #1063

You have stealthily raided your small child's piggy bank.  You feel guilty as you count the money.  you have the same number of dimes and quarters, totaling exactly $2.45.  When you put it back, how many of each coin will you have to replace?

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Brain Buster #1064

While Jenn was out walking one day with her husband, Louis, she met Christopher, who was her only sister's mother-in-law's only son's grandfather-in-law.  What was his relationship to Jenn and Louis?

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Brain Buster #1065

Each of the following jumbled words has had at least three of the same letter removed from it, a different letter from each word.  Find the missing letters to reconstruct the words.

YTHLNM         AEEHNRU          DEINNOI

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Brain Buster #1066

Cathy likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145.  Does she like 1600 or 1700?

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Brain Buster #1067

As far as we know, only one other word can be made from the letters of INSATIABLE.  Can you find it?

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Brain Buster #1068

The following 18 letters can be anagrammed to form a four-word proverb suggesting that quiet people may well be deep thinkers.

ADEEEILLNPRRSSTTUW

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Brain Buster #1069

Which name below is least like the others?

CHINA          IRAN          PERU          CANADA          NEPAL

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Brain Buster #1070

What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-fourth of the last digit, the second digit is 6 times the first digit, and the third digit is the second digit plus 3?

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Brain Buster #1071

All the vowels have been removed from the following remark, and the letters have been broken into groups of three (except the last group).  Replace the missing vowels to find the solution.

FLS   RSH   NWH   RNG   LSF   RTT   RD

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Brain Buster #1072

A young fellow was extremely eager to join his girlfriend for dinner. It was a 24-mile trip upstream to visit her. His boat's speed would be 14 miles per hour but the current is running 4 miles an hour against him. He just filled his tank and he knows he has 20 gallons, but he uses up 6 gallons per hour. Will he make it or will he run out of gas?

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Brain Buster #1073

Three playing cards have been removed from an ordinary pack of cards and placed face down in a horizontal row. To the right of a King there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Queen there are one or two Queens. To the left of a Heart there are one or two Spades. To the right of a Spade there are one or two Spades.  What are the 3 cards?

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Brain Buster #1074

Candace is Jane's daughter's aunt's husband's daughter's sister. What is the relationship between Candace and Jane?

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Brain Buster #1075

I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?

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