Brain Buster #651
How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all
the letters only once in each word?
D E E I N R S S T
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Brain Buster #652
The names of 3 fruits are interlettered below. Can you find them?
OLPREEAMANOCGNHE
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Brain Buster #653
Find the word that fits the first definition, then add an "R" in
front of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place an "R" in front of finish, and get to tear apart.
Place an "R" in front of a snake, and get a tool.
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Brain Buster #654
If six elves can pack 12 gifts in two hours, how many elves are needed to
pack 64 gifts in eight hours?
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Brain Buster #655
As far as we can tell, there is only one other word that can be made from all
the letters in the word LEGISLATORS. Can you find it?
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Brain Buster #656
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
X _ _ _ P _ O _ _ _
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Brain Buster #657
A grandfather clock chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the
hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. You are in another
room and hear the clock chime just once, figuring that it could be any time of
day, which period of time (hours and minutes), or how many minutes total would
be the longest period of time you would have to wait in order to determine the
correct time?
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Brain Buster #658
Marie was buying holiday presents. She first bought a doll for
one-twelfth of what she had, then a toy train set for one-fourth of the original
total. Next came a bouquet of artificial flowers for one-sixth of the
original total and a blouse for one-third of the original total. She had
$36.00 left. How much did she start with?
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Brain Buster #659
The following 10 letters can be anagrammed into a three-word slang expression
meaning "bizarre."
A E F F H L L O T W
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Brain Buster #660
Another palindrome: what did the young lady say to her friend, who
suggested walking to the shopping mall?
_ _ O
_ A _ _
F _ _ _
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Brain Buster #661
Four elves and three sprites can pack as many gifts in 5 days as three elves
and four sprites can pack in 2 days. Can elves or sprites pack faster?
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Brain Buster #662
A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In
22 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the
daughter now?
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Brain Buster #663
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 a fruit, and spackle with color.
Place a "D" in front of a friend or helper, and start to waste
time.
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Brain Buster #664
Six clerks sell 24 boxes of tree ornaments in two hours. Assuming all
the sales proceed at the same speed, how many clerks will the owner need to
clear out the remaining 100 boxes in the next two hours?
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Brain Buster #665
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
D _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ N A N _ _ S
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Brain Buster #666
In a foot race, Jerry was neither first nor last. Janet beat Jerry,
Jerry beat Pat. Charlie was neither first nor last. Charlie beat
Rachel. Pat beat Charlie. Who came in last?
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Brain Buster #667
What 2 words, formed from different arrangements of the same nine letters,
will complete the sentence below?
The book was simply _______________ ahead of its competitors, as it had had
nine _______________ already.
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Brain Buster #668
What phrase is represented by the arrangement below?
144 DUMBNESS
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Brain Buster #669
What are the two missing letters in the following sequence?
A D B E H F I L J
M ? ?
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Brain Buster #670
Can you reshuffle the letters of the words ICEMAN and MOTHERS to come up with
2 new words for each?
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Brain Buster #671
Here is an analogy for you to try:
Deer is to Stag as Duck is to ________?
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Brain Buster #672
Bob was paddling his canoe upstream at at constant rate. After six
miles, the wind blew his hat into the stream. Thinking that he had no
chance to recover his hat, he continued upstream for six more miles before
turning back. he continued rowing at the same rate on his return trip and
overtook his hat at exactly the same spot where he began his journey eight hours
earlier. What was the velocity of the stream?
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Brain Buster #673
The four words below share a unique characteristic. What is the common
bond?
Coughing Nopal
Thirst Defiant
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Brain Buster #674
A farmer had a stone that he used to measure grain on his scale. One
day his neighbor borrowed the stone, and when he returned it, it was broken into
four pieces. The neighbor was very apologetic, but the farmer thanked the
neighbor for doing him a big favor. The farmer said that now he can
measure his grain in one pound increments starting at one pound all the way to
forty pounds using these four stones. How much do the four stones weigh?
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Brain Buster #675
What is the next number in the following sequence?
2 6
12 48
96 480
960
5,760
11,520 _______?
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