Brain Buster #226
We were four, one was cut and we were five. What are we?
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Brain Buster #227
Walk on the living, they don't even mumble;
Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.
What are we talking about?
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Brain Buster #228
Reduce the high-flown language below to a common saying:
One who retires to his nightly repose at an hour deemed not too tardy and
gets up in the same manner, will tend to keep himself in good physical
condition, good monetary condition and sapient.
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Brain Buster #229
What 2 words, formed from different arrangements of the same nine letters,
will complete the sentence below?
The movie star used dogs as bodyguards because he felt that his
___________ could fend off any _____________ with ease.
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Brain Buster #230
The math department was making arrangements for a farewell luncheon to honor
one of their retiring colleagues. They calculated that it would cost each
person $30. "It's lucky that there aren't five fewer of us to split
the bill, or it would be $10 more each", said one of the math
teachers. How many people would be splitting the bill, and how much did
the luncheon cost?
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Brain Buster #231
Here's a palindrome for you:
What did Elba's friend say to reassure Elba about her good temper? (
apostrophe is moveable.)
_ L _
_ _ '
_ _ M _
_ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #232
In the written numbers from one to ninety-nine, many of the letters of the
alphabet are excluded. There are no A's, B's, C's, D's, J's, K's, M's,
P's, Q's or Z's!! And the letter L is only used 2 times. In a 10
second time limit can you name the two numbers that use the letter L?
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Brain Buster #233
If Boston is east of New York, cross out all the A's. If not, cross out
the R's. If Paris is south of New York, cross out all the O's. If
not, cross out the I's. If Sri Lanka is in Asia, cross out the B's and
U's. If not, cross out the C's. The remaining letters will tell you
whether you've found the right answer.
C A A O I I A B U
R R I A U E I B B C
I A U T
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Brain Buster #234
What do you eat that you throw away the outside and cook the inside, then you
eat the outside and throw away the inside?
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Brain Buster #235
Which number when added to 5/4 gives the same result as
when it is multiplied 5/4?
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Brain Buster #236
What is the next number in this series?
21, 20, 18, 15, 11, ________?
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Brain Buster #237
Three American cities are inter-lettered below. Can you find the
cities?
D E F O S A T R R
T C R O I W A A M T
Y N E N E T O
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Brain Buster #238
Five kids entered a contest to guess how many jelly beans were in a
jar. Alice guessed 45, Betty guessed 39, Charlie guess 49, Don guessed 50
and Earl guessed 47. One of them was off by 6, one by 5, one by 2, and one
by 4. One was right. How many marbles were in the jar?
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Brain Buster #239
Can you unscramble the following 13 letters to form an English word?
A T C S D R I E I
N O N O
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Brain Buster #240
Can you change one letter in each step and make the word RIDE into the word
HARD?
RIDE
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
HARD
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Brain Buster #241
Find a number whose double exceeds its quarter by 7?
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Brain Buster #242
Walter likes globes but not maps, tennis balls but not racquets, and oranges
but not bananas. Following the same logic, will he like tires of sled
runners?
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Brain Buster #243
The logic professor posted a notice on his class door: "Class is
canceled today. We will meet again at 2:00 P.M. three days after two days
before the day before tomorrow." What day does the class meet?
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Brain Buster #244
The black and white minstrels decided to do a red, white and blue jubilee
routine. As you probably know, there are 48 minstrels. 16 of them
have red hair, 16 have dark hair, and 16 have fair hair. In their jubilee
routine, 16 wear red costumes, 16 wear white costumes, and 16 wear blue
costumes. At dress rehearsal, someone noticed that three of the
white-costumed minstrels has red hair, and five of the red-costumed dancers had
fair hair. Furthermore, no two hair color/costume color groups had the
same number of dancers. So, how many of the dark-haired minstrels wore
blue costumes in the jubilee routine?
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Brain Buster #245
The following 12 letters can be anagrammed into a four-word phrase meaning
"very fast." What is the phrase?
K K A A I I U N Q C S W
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Brain Buster #246
Take the word ORIENTALS. Delete one letter and rearrange the remaining
letters to make another word. Now, delete one letter from this new word
and rearrange the remaining letters to make another new word. Keep
repeating the procedure until there is only one letter left.
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Brain Buster #247
Each of the following words contains the letters APR somewhere. Using
the definitions, fill in the words.
A
fruit:
A P R _ _ _ _
Took by
force:
_ A P _ _ R _ _
Sign of the
zodiac:
_ A P R _ _ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #248
What is the 4-digit number (no zeros) in which the first digit is one-fifth
the last, and the second and third digits are the last digit multiplied by 3?
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Brain Buster #249
Here's a palindrome: What a certain type of fisherman did.
T _ _ _ _ D _ _ _
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Brain Buster #250
It's hard to keep within a budget. Jennifer was preparing for her
class's April Spring Party. She had been given money from the common fun
to use. She spent half of it plus $2.00 for a nice cake. Then she
spent half of what she had left plus $2.00 for decorations. Then she spent
half of what she had left plus $1.00 for candy. At that point she was out
of money. How much did she have to start with?
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