Brain Buster #576
What should be in place of the question marks?
XXOXXXXOOOXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO??????????
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Brain Buster #577
By
changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another
valid word. Can you change each word such that the second letters
will reveal an eleven letter word when read downwards. Therefore,
what now reads AWPYRNUCEPA will be a real word.
BAKE
SWAP
OPAL
DYED
ARKS
SNOW
LUMP
ACES
MELT
SPUN
RANT
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Brain Buster #578
There are three errers in the statement of this problem.
You must detect all of them to recieve full credit.
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Brain Buster #579
When a suitor asked a father for his daughter's hand, the father answered,
"It behooves all progenitors to so circumscribe the alliances of their
progeny as to preclude all potential spouses inimical to conjugal euphoria.
Perambulate to where your propinquity engenders no wishes for juxtaposition to
you in my scion's sibling." What did the father say, yes or no?
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Brain Buster #580
Ann is now exactly two-fifths of her older
sister's age, and two years from now she will be one-half of her older sister's
age. Conversely, two years ago, Ann was only one-fourth the age of her older
sister's age at that time. How old is Ann now? (She's a fairly young child, by
the way.)
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Brain Buster #581
It will probably do you no good to spin the globe in the hope of finding the
answer to this one. A knowledge of the Western Hemisphere is much more useful.
At what point is the Pacific side of the Americas east of the Atlantic side?
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Brain Buster #582
This type of puzzle used to be very popular among puzzlers who thought they
were poets, and poets who thought they were puzzlers. The verse spells out a
word letter by letter, and often defines that word as well. "My first"
refers to the word's first letter, and so on. Can you discover 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 not in crown
My fifth in tree you plainly see
My whole a food for you and me
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Brain Buster #583
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 #584
What is the next number in this series;
18, 46, 94, 63, 52, ?
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Brain Buster #585
You have a 12 liter jug, an 8 liter jug, and a 5 liter jug. None of the jugs
have any markings on them. The 12 liter jug is full, and the other two are
empty. How can you divide the 12 liters of water equally (i.e., so two of the
jugs have exactly 6 liters of water in them, and the third is empty)?
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Brain Buster #586
When the following groups of letters are unscrambled into words, which one is
the odd man out?
EEEEPT GMAWWI
TRUY SUOEH
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Brain Buster #587
What is a four letter word ending with the letters e-n-y?
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Brain Buster #588
In a tree-clearing project, six lumberjacks can
chop down 18 non-endangered trees in twelve hours. How many lumberjacks
will it take to cut down 9 trees in four hours?
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Brain Buster #589
Clark, Daw and Fuller make their living as carpenter, painter and plumber,
though not necessarily respectively.
The painter recently tried to get the carpenter to do some work for him, but was
told that the carpenter was out doing some remodeling for the plumber.
The plumber makes more money than the painter.
Daw makes more money than Clark.
Fuller has never heard of Daw.
What is each man's occupation?
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Brain Buster #590
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 an
abbreviation of an electrical unit to make another work for moist.
Place a "D" in front of an English pub
beverage to get an English valley.
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Brain Buster #591
What is the smallest five-digit number in which the digit in the 10 place is
twice the digit in the 1000 place?
Note: The number will not change when you exchange the digits in the 100 and 1
place.
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Brain Buster #592
What one word can mean "a piece of furniture" or "to set
aside"?
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Brain Buster #593
Can you punctuate the words in the sentences below so that it makes
sense? None of the words are shown capitalized so as not to give any hints
as to the beginning or ending of the sentences.
that that is is that that is not is not is it it is
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Brain Buster #594
The equation 176 + 283 = 459 uses all the digits from 1 to 9 only once
each. There are many combinations of those numbers that will deliver the
same result. Can you come up with 2 more?
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Brain Buster #595
Your boss has gone out of town. Her secretary is angry at you for some
reason, so he tells you, "She wants to see you in her office at 8:3O A.M.
two days after the day before the day after tomorrow." What day will you
show up half an hour early to see your boss? Today is Tuesday.
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Brain Buster #596
The names of eight people are hidden in the sentence below. (The
letters are in consecutive order.)
He hinted that tying up the stubborn animals had been hard.
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Brain Buster #597
Find a number that will replace letters a and b so that the five digit number
will be divisible by 36:
19a9b
Note: There are two possible solutions.
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Brain Buster #598
Take each letter as indicated. When you put the letters in the order
given, you'll have a new word.
My first is in Qantas but not in stand,
My second is in up but not in down,
My third is in is but not in sat
My last is in zebra, but not in bean.
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Brain Buster #599
In a conventional clock, how many times does the minute hand pass the hour
hand between noon and midnight?
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Brain Buster #600
Mrs. Fumblefinger was working in the kitchen when a loose ring, with a big
diamond on it, slipped off her finger and fell smack into some coffee. Strange
to say, the diamond did not get wet. Why?
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