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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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