Brain Buster #51
What would come next in the sequence?
S30 O31 N30
?
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Brain Buster #52
What
is the 4-digit number (no zeros) in which the first and last digits are the
same, the second digit is half the sum of the second and the fourth, and the
last digit is half the sum of the first and third? (the sum of all the
digits is 24).
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Brain Buster #53
Find
the word that fits the first definition, then add a "w" in front of it
to make a new word that matches the second definition:
Place a "w"
in front of the definition for "everybody," and get part of a
building.
Place a "w" in front of a number, and get avoir-dupois.
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Brain Buster #54
Jen
likes knights but not battlers; she likes writing but not typing; she likes to
listen but not to sing. Does she like an unknown or a famous author?
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Brain Buster #55
What
phrase is represented by the following wacky word?
E C N A L G
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Brain Buster #56
My
wife and I can't seem to get our watches to work properly. Hers
consistently runs one minute per hour fast, and mine runs two minutes per hour
slow. This morning we nearly missed a wedding because our watches were an
hour apart and we looked at the slower one. How many hours had elapsed
since we set both of them properly?
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Brain Buster #57
What
is the 5-digit number (including a zero) in which the sum of the first and last
digits equals the sum of the third and fourth digits, the third subtracted from
the first gives you the second, and the last digit subtracted from the first
gives you the second? (The sum of all the digits is 36.)
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Brain Buster #58
Here
are 5 facts about 4 delightful girls:
1. Bertha is younger than the
dancer, who lives directly west of Jemima.
2. The dancer lives directly north of Miss Pugh, who lives exactly 5 miles from Hattie,
who lives exactly 2 miles from the singer.
3. The pianist is older than Miss Chandler and Chloe is older than the
actress.
4. Hattie is older than Miss Judd, who lives exactly 3 miles from Jemima,
who lives directly
south of Miss Benn.
5 The fact that all girls are delightful has nothing to do with the
following 2 questions.
How far does Chloe live from Bertha? Which girl is the oldest?
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Brain Buster #59
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
_ H _ _ I _ M _ T _ C _ L _ _
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Brain Buster #60
Jenn didn't like to tell her age, so when she was asked, her mother answered
for her. Her mother said, "I'm just seven times as old as she is
now. In 20 years, she'll be just half the age that I will be
then." How old is Jenn?
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Brain Buster #61
In the local flower shop, the florist uses his own logic to set his
prices. He charges 16¢ for a rose, 42¢ for a nasturtium, and 29¢ for a
jonquil. Using the same logic how much is a tulip?
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Brain Buster #62
Can
you determine the word that this verse describes?
My first is in fish but not in snail
My second in rabbit but not in tail
My third in up but not in down
My fourth in tiara but not in crown
My fifth in tree you plainly see
My whole a food for you and me
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Brain Buster #63
Can you determine how this sequence of numbers is arranged?
2 3
6 7
1 9
4 5 8
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Brain Buster #64
In your pocket you have an equal amount of nickels, dimes and quarters.
The total is $4.40. How many of each do you have?
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Brain Buster #65
All of the vowels (A, E, I, O, and U, but not Y) have been removed from the
following proverb, and the remaining letters broken into groups of 3 letters
each. Replace the vowels to find the proverb.
BRD SFF THR
FLC KTG THR
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Brain Buster #66
Some words can be anagrammed into apt descriptions of themselves. For
instance, ENDEARMENTS is a word that applies to TENDER NAMES; VILLAINOUSNESS is
obviously the word fitting AN EVIL SOUL'S SIN. Can you work out the 6
listed below?
1. Voices rant on
2. A rope ends it
3. Often sheds tears
4. Apt is the cure
5. Nine thumps
6. Is not solaced
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Brain Buster #67
Artie has 2 more brothers than he has sisters. His sister Margo has
four more brothers than she has sisters. If there are fewer than 10
children in the immediate family how many boys and girls are there?
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Brain Buster #68
What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the
second, the third is the sum of the first and second and the last is three times
the second?
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Brain Buster #69
When written out solidly in upper case type and without a hyphen, the number
TWENTYNINE is the only number---repeat the only number---that is very unusual
and consists of ...what? If TWENTY-NINE is written with the hyphen, there
is a modification that must be made to ensure that it too possesses the property
which the unhyphenated version has. What is it?
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Brain Buster #70
Can you figure out the palindrome that is a description of a very humorous
prince, king, or other ruler?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #71
If 6 winkles and 3 wonkles cost 15¢, and you can buy 9 wonkles and 3 winkles
for the same 15¢, what will it cost to buy 100 wonkles?
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Brain Buster #72
Two pieces of chain were found on a battlefield. The chains were formed
of circular links, all of the same size, made from metal half an inch
thick. One piece of chain was precisely 3 feet long. The other piece
was 22 inches. Assuming that 1 piece of chain contained 6 links more than
the other, how many links were there in each piece of chain?
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Brain Buster #73
Start with the number of wheels on a unicycle, multiply by the number of
sides of a pentagon then multiply by the number of cards in a bridge deck.
What's the answer?
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Brain Buster #74
It's hard to go back to school after vacation, but you have to get to work
sometime. Go from FAIL to PASS in only four steps, changing one letter at
a time and making a good English word at each step.
F A I
L
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
P A S S
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Brain Buster #75
A
gentleman who died recently left just over $8000 to be divided between
his widow, his five sons, and four daughters. He stipulated that every son
should receive three times as much as a daughter, and that every daughter should
receive twice as much as their mother. If the precise amount left by the
man was $8000.07, how much did the widow receive?
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