Brain Buster 401

Which is larger, the number of seconds in a day or the number hours in 10 years?
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Brain Buster 402

What number is two-thirds of one-half of one-fourth
of 240?
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Brain Buster 403

A recycling factory makes its own paper cups for canteen use. It can make one new cup from nine used ones. If it has 515 used cups how many can it possibly make in total?
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Brain Buster 404

A truck became wedged under a low bridge. It could not move forward or back without severely damaging its roof. The truck driver was perplexed until a little girl standing nearby suggested an easy solution. What was it ?
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Brain Buster 405

Two clocks were correct at midnight but then one began to gain four minutes every hour. It stopped one and a half hours ago showing 4:48 pm. The clocks run for less than 24 hours.  What time will the other clock be showing?
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Brain Buster 406

Two men played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws in any of the games. How could this be so?
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Brain Buster 407

During a week a travel agent has taken 32 bookings for Tenerife, 30 for Majorca and 18 for Ibiza.  How many bookings has it taken for Portugal?
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Brain Buster 408

The same four-letter word can be added to each of the following words to make a new word or a common phrase. What is the word?

BOUND, PROOF, TREE, LESS, BIRD
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Brain Buster 409

Distances to certain cities are written below.  How far should it be to Cardiff?

Berlin 200 miles
Paris 300 miles
Rome 400 miles
Amsterdam 300 miles
Cardiff ? miles
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Brain Buster 410

If Mark, Jenn, Cathy, John, Brian and Ken like chocolate and Norman, Stan, Tim, Ronan do not, does Peter like chocolate?
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Brain Buster 411

In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year?
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Brain Buster 412

Supply a digit for each letter so that the equation is correct. There is only one set of digits that will work. A given letter always represents the same digit:

A B C D E
______x 4
E D C B A
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Brain Buster 413

Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in the missing letters.

_  _  P  _  R  _  L  _  _  T  _
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Brain Buster 414

What is the five-digit number in which the last digit is the number of "seas," the first digit is half of this last digit doubled, the second digit is the first digit subtracted from the last, the third digit is the sum of the first and second, and the fourth digit is the sum of the first digit plus the third digit divided by two?
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Brain Buster 415

Find a 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 a measure of distance, and get a facial expression.

Place an "S" in front of "need," and get "loose."
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Brain Buster 416

Another Palindrome:

What are the words that describe a horse specifically designed for a specific race?

D  _  _  _  _      _  _  _  _
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Brain Buster 417

Three business men Smith, Robinson, and Jones all live in the Leeds-Sheffield district Three railway men of similar names live in the same district. The business man Robinson and the guard live at Sheffield, the business man Jones and the stoker live at Leeds, while the business man Smith and the railway engineer live half-way between Leeds and Sheffield. The guard's namesake earns $10,000.00 per annum, and the engineer earns exactly one-third of the business man living nearest to him. Finally, the railway man Smith beats the stoker at billiards.  What is the engineer's name?
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Brain Buster 418

If you had a piece of paper that was 0.001 inch thick, how tall a pile would it make if it was doubled fifty times?
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Brain Buster 419

Mary's husband's father-in-law is Mary's husband's brother's
brother-in-law, and Mary's sister-in-law is Mary's brother's stepmother. How did this happen?
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Brain Buster 420

The names of two girls are hidden in the sentence below.  Can you find them?  ( the letters are in consecutive order. )

Can new ways be found to speed nations toward peace?
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Brain Buster 421

Lies, Almost All Lies  Here are ten numbered statements. How many of them are true?

  1.  Exactly one of these statements is false.
  2.  Exactly two of these statements are false.
  3.  Exactly three of these statements are false.
  4.  Exactly four of these statements are false.
  5.  Exactly five of these statements are false.
  6.  Exactly six of these statements are false.
  7.  Exactly seven of these statements are false.
  8.  Exactly eight of these statements are false.
  9.  Exactly nine of these statements are false.
10.  Exactly ten of these statements are false.
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Brain Buster 422

Fill in each of the blanks below with a word that means the same as the words on either side.

( transparent ) ________ ( evident )
( type of downpour ) _______ ( greet )
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Brain Buster 423

A chain link is broken into six parts. Four of these parts consist of three links apiece, one consists of two links, and one consists of only one link. A jeweler wants forty cents to cut a link and sixty cents to weld a link. What is the most economical way to put the chain back together?  How much will it cost?
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Brain Buster 424

Here is a code for a well-known English word.  Can you  work out what it is?

E10100010001000UNI100ATXN
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Brain Buster 425

The names of three American cities have been interlettered below.  Can you find them?

BTIORTSOHTYAOCNA
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