Brain Buster 551
A spider spins its web in a window frame. Each day, it spins an area equal to
that of the amount already completed. It takes 30 days to cover the entire
window frame. How long would two spiders take? (In the case of two spiders, each
of them spins an amount equal to the area of the existing part of the web made
by that particular spider.)
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Brain Buster 552
What's the missing letter:
J ? M A M J J A
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Brain Buster 553
Bill adored using telephones. One day, when the telephone wires were
down because of an electrical storm, he mailed a letter to a friend. It
said 2255 7666378. His friend, knowing Bill's fondness for telephones and
having the same model phone, soon got the message. Can you decode it?
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Brain Buster 554
3 ladies go for an interview and
the interviewer decides to test them on their reasoning abilities. They are
blindfolded and are told by the interviewer that each one of them will have
either a red or a blue cross painted on her forehead. When the blindfolds are
removed, each lady is then supposed to raise her hand if she sees a red cross
(on either of the other 2 ladies) and to drop her hand when she figures out the
color of her own cross. But the interviewer blindfolds the 3 ladies and dr aws
a red cross on each of their
foreheads. The blindfolds are then removed. After looking at one another, the 3
ladies raise their hands simultaneously. After a short while, one of the ladies
lowers her hands and says, "My cross is red." How did she
know?
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Brain Buster 555
A man walks into a bar and asks the
barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the
man. The man says "Thank you" and walks out. Why?
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Brain Buster 556
In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
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Brain Buster 557
A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one
every half hour.
How many minutes would the pills last?
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Brain Buster 558
During a junior high school basketball game, one team member of the team with
the ball is at the half court line, he dribbles, stops then dribbles again,
where must the referee be in order to blow the whistle?
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Brain Buster 559
Margot 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 560
A trucker wants to drive under a bridge but finds that his rig is an inch
higher than the bridge's clearance. The frustrated driver pulls to the side of
the road and is checking maps to find his shortest alternative route when a
small child comes up to him and says, "Hey, Mister, for five bucks I'll
tell you how to get your truck through." Her suggestion worked. What was
it?
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Brain Buster 561
It's a mistake to hire amateurs, as the archaeologist found to his great
distress. One of his new staff came running in one day, all excited. He had just
paid a local a great deal of money for an extremely valuable coin. As he said,
"I've never seen one like this before, and I've been looking in museums for
thirty years. It's a genuine Egyptian coin marked 100 B.C.-solid gold!" The
director of the expedition sighed wearily and fired him. Why?
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Brain Buster 562
Find the word that fits the first definition, then add a "D" in
front of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place a "D" in front of uncooked, and get to sketch.
Place a "D" in front of a type of small bread, and find it amusing.
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Brain Buster 563
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
M _ _ _ F _ S _ _
T _ _ N
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Brain Buster 564
If you started boring a hole through the earth from New York, where would you
exit?
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Brain Buster 565
Brain Buster 565 and solution
Back at the toy store, the proprietor has priced a game at 14 cents, a doll
at 21 cents. a koala bear at 28 cents, and a top at 14 cents. Using the same
logic or lack of it, how much does he charge for a pinwheel?
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Brain Buster 566
Young John-John Kennedy was named after me. Yet my name is neither John nor
Kennedy. How can that be?
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Brain Buster 567
The combined ages of Sharon and Doug total 16. In six years, Doug will
be three-fourths of Sharon's age. In 10 years, he will be four-fifths of
Sharon's age. How old are they now?
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Brain Buster 568
What three-letter word inserted in the two blanks below will create two new
words from those on either side? ( Hyphenated words are allowed.)
RAT_____________GO
SUN_____________GENT
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Brain Buster 569
Start with the number of lives a cat reputedly has, multiply by the number of
stitches saved by a stitch in time and add 10. What's the answer?
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Brain Buster 570
Each of the following words contains the letters MAR. Using the definitions,
fill in the blanks:
More insane; colloquially, more angry--also a paint
color: M A - - - R
A shopping area; colloquially, anywhere goods are
sold: MAR- - - - - - - -
Scanty: M - A - - R
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Brain Buster 571
Tom is older than Sue, and Sue is younger than Mary, who is older than Tom.
Who is the oldest of the three?
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Brain Buster 572
How long is a rope that is 2 yards shorter than another rope that is three
times times the length of the first rope?
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Brain Buster 573
What word, expression, or name is depicted below?
79 S 34 A 92
F 185 E 376
7 T 27 Y 12
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Brain Buster 574
My first is a number, my second another,
And each, I assure you, will rhyme with the other.
My first you will find is one-fifth of my second,
And truly my whole a long period reckoned.
Yet my first and my second (nay, think not I cozen),
When added together will make but two dozen.
How many am I?
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Brain Buster 575
There are 10 baskets. Each of
the 9 baskets have 10 balls weighing 10 kg each, except for one basket which has
10 balls weighing only 9 kg each. All the balls and baskets are identical in
appearance. You are asked to determine which basket contains the 9 kg balls. You
can only take a single measurement using a weighing machine (the balls can be
taken out from the baskets but still you can only take one measurement). How would you do it?
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