Brain Buster 501
The names of seven people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you
find them? The letters are in consecutive order.
Can dyeing a bedspread cause this much trouble?
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Brain Buster 502
Here's a palindrome for you!!
What command did the people having a picnic give the low flying cloud?
G _ _
_ _
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Brain Buster 503
Jason and Dean were brothers. Jason married Jackie, and Dean married Denise.
However, Jason and Denise have the same wedding anniversary. Dean's wedding
anniversary was one month before this date, and Jackie's was one month after it.
There have been no divorces or remarriages. How do you explain this?
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Brain Buster 504
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" before to be ill, and get part of a boat.
Place an "S" before a corridor, and get future determination.
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Brain Buster 505
What is the 4-digit number (no zeros) in which the first digit is the cube of
two, the second and third digits are the first number doubled, and the fourth
digit is the sum of the second and third?
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Brain Buster 506
In a math test, Sue lost to Sally, but not to Jane. Alice lost to
Jane. Jane was neither first nor last. Sally beat Sue. Jane
lost to Sue. Tina scored lower than Alice. Who came in last?
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Brain Buster 507
John went to a party one night.
The next day he was asked if he met a lot people at the gathering.
"Figure it out for yourself," John said. "Of the girls I
spoke to, all but two were blondes, all but two were brunettes, and all but two
were redheads." How many girls did he talk to?
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Brain Buster 508
There are three boxes of fruit. One contains just apples, one contains just
and one contains a mixture of both. Each box is labeled -- one says
"apples," one says "oranges," and one says "apples and
oranges." However, it is known that none of the boxes are labeled
correctly. What is the least amount of fruit that you can remove from the boxes
to be able to correctly label them?
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Brain Buster 509
What is the
largest number you can write using the digits 1, 2, and 3? Just the
digits, no other symbols.
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Brain Buster 510
What two numbers have a product of 48 and, when the larger number is divided
by the smaller, a quotient of 3?
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Brain Buster 511
Eliminate only one letter in the word that fits the first definition to
realize the second.
Take a letter form another word for earth and make something circular.
Take a letter from a word for a colored liquid and get
a liquid measure.
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Brain Buster 512
While on vacation, Tom visited his mother's mother-in-law's only son's only
daughter. What relationship is she to Tom?
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Brain Buster 513
How many common English words can you make by rearranging the letters below?
A B E E I L R S T
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Brain Buster 514
Daniel,
my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be
exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my
daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times
older then Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica now?
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Brain Buster 515
My
first is in ocean but never in sea,
my second's in wasp but
never in bee.
My
third is in glider and also in flight,
my whole is a
creature that comes out at night.
What
am I?
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Brain Buster 516
What is the number that is 5 more than one-fourth of one-tenth of one-third
of 3,000?
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Brain Buster 517
Fill in each of the blanks below with a word that means the same as the words
on either side.
(mail) ____________ (piece of wood often supporting a fence)
(area in front or _____________ behind a house) (a measurement)
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Brain Buster 518
A father is four times as old as his son. In twenty years, he'll be twice as
old. How old are they now?
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Brain Buster 519
Can
you find a five letter word, which, when typed in upper-case, reads
the same upside down?
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Brain Buster 520
Rachel has 5 more brothers than she has sisters. Her brother Ryan has 3
more brothers than he has sisters. If there are no more than 10 siblings,
how many boys and girls are in the immediate family?
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Brain Buster 521
I know
what my job is, the point has been made.
You say I have a big head, and you're right, I'm afraid
Put me in my place, and then leave me
alone,
What I need most, is for someone to drive me home.
What
am I?
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Brain Buster 522
The names of 3 vegetables are inter-lettered below. Can you find them?
P L C O E O T T R A T N T U O C E
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Brain Buster 523
What is the 5-digit number in which the first two digits are the address of
the British Prime Minister, the third digit is three times the first, the fourth
digit is the sum of the first and the third digits, and the fifth digit is the
sum of the third and fourth?
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Brain Buster 524
Besides being in the dictionary, what
do all of these words have in common?
gem nave
yak
ailed
map asset
lien nomad
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Brain Buster 525
Four friends are going
to a party that begins in 17 minutes and they must all cross a bridge
to get there. It is night time and there is only one flashlight. A maximum of 2
people can cross the bridge at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2
people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back
and forth (it cannot be thrown, etc). Each person walks at a different pace. A
pair must walk together at the rate of the slower person's pace:
Bryan:- 1 minute to cross
Eve:- 2 minutes to cross
Allan:- 5 minutes to cross
Louis:- 10 minutes to cross
Can you get them across in time?
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