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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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