Brain Buster #251
Find the word that fits the first definition, then add an "S" in
front of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place an "S" in front of relatives, and get a part of the body.
Place an "S" before a jab, and get the past tense of speak.
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Brain Buster #252
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
T _ _ S K _ _ _ _ K _ _ H _ _ I _
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Brain Buster #253
Figure out the word concealed in the following poem:
My first is in silly but not in fool
My second in pupil but not in school
My third in read and also in write
My fourth in glimpse and also light
My fifth in ten but not in three
My last in glad and also glee
My whole a season of the year
That's clue enough to solve it here
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Brain Buster #254
If SIX is TEN, ONE is HIS, and FIVE is LEGS, what is SEVEN?
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Brain Buster #255
If given this arrangement of letters:
_ _ T R _ _ C H
You can fill out both pairs of blanks with the same 2 letters to make a
word. In this case E N, in both spots produces the word ENTRENCH.
Can you figure out the pair of letters needed to make words of the following:
a. _ _ I D _ _ L E
b. _ _ R M _ _ L S
c. _ _ R E _ _ C K
d. _ _ U R _ _ E S
e. _ _ C A _ _ N T
f. _ _ I L _ _ S Y
g. _ _ M I _ _ Z E
h. _ _ V E _ _ R N
i. _ _ S T _ _ N E
j. _ _ M A _ _ E S
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Brain Buster #256
In this little multiplication sum the five letters represent different
digits. What are the actual figures? There are no zeros involved.
S E A M
T
M E A T S
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Brain Buster #257
What word logically comes next in the following sequence?
APPLE
BABY
CHILD
DOG ELEPHANT
a. ZEBRA
b. CAT
c. FOX
d. TIGER
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Brain Buster #258
It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward
the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and
you. What is it?
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Brain Buster #259
Jenn was traveling abroad. She paid the equivalent of $1.10 for a soft
drink. The drink came in a returnable bottle. The drink cost $1.00
more than the bottle. How much did the drink cost?
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Brain Buster #260
What two words formed from different arrangements of the following ten
letters will complete the sentence below?
E E I I N O P R T T
The _________________ was so anxious to prove his case that he bored the
adjudicator with his frequent _______________.
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Brain Buster #261
Adam had none. Eve had two. And, everyone today has three. What is it?
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Brain Buster #262
Four couples are going to the movies. Each row holds eight seats. Betty and Jim
don't want to sit next to Alice and Tom, and Alice and Tom don't want to sit
next to Gertrude and Bill. On the other hand, Sally and Bob don't want to sit
next to Betty and Jim. How can the couples arrange themselves so that they all
sit where they would like?
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Brain Buster #263
My friend Mike, who is a bus
driver, was telling me that recently he was driving a bus full of people and no
one got off on the way. At the end of the journey, there was not a single person
on the bus. How is this possible?
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Brain Buster #264
In a duty free store, Jack bought a suit for $200. This included a 10%
tax for stain protection, and a 10% tax for service charge to exchange his
dollars into pesos and a 5% tip for the salesman. ( the extra charges were based
on the original price. ) How much would the suit have cost without all the
extras.
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Brain Buster #265
The same five letters can be rearranged into two separate words to fill in
the blanks.
The caveman shook a primitive sort of _ _ _ _ _ . It was too
heavy to use against some of the faster animals, but it seemed to work against _
_ _ _ _ .
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Brain Buster #266
A mixed packet of nuts contains 1 pound of walnuts and 2 pounds of Brazil
nuts. It costs exactly $2. A packet containing 4 pounds of filberts
and 1 pound of walnuts costs $3. And for only $1.50, you can buy a mixed
packet of 3 pounds of almonds, 1 pound of walnuts, and 1 pound of
filberts. How much should you pay for a mixture of 1 pound of each of the
four kinds of nuts?
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Brain Buster #267
Find the word that fits the first definition, then add a "W" in
front to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place a "W" in front of an excavation to make it complete.
Place a "W" in front of anger and get an outdated word for a
telegram.
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Brain Buster #268
One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork
at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops
him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that
the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and
cancels his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next
morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then
fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
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Brain Buster #269
If you only have a 4-minute hourglass and a 7-minute hourglass, how do you measure 9 minutes?
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Brain Buster #270
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
_ C C _ _ S _ _ S _ _ C _ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #271
You have one of those fancy double boilers whose lid fits either pot.
They aren't very heavy pots either. The bigger pot weighs 12 ounces by
itself; with the lid on, it weighs twice as much as the little pot without the
cover. The little pot with the lid on weighs one-third more than the big
pot all by itself. What does the pot lid weigh by itself?
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Brain Buster #272
In four years, Ryan will be as old as Rachel is now, and Rachel will be three
times as old as Ryan is now. At the moment, Rachel is twice as old as
Ryan. How old are they provided Rachel is not yet a teenager?
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Brain Buster #273
Reduce the high-flown language below to a common saying.
That which arrives with celerity and little or no effort is apt to vanish in
the same manner.
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Brain Buster #274
What do you think the wacky word puzzle below is trying to say?
XQQS
XQQS
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Brain Buster #275
Time for a palindrome
This one is OTTO's comment on an uncooked carrot.
_ _ O R _
_
A _ _ _ T
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