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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