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Brain Buster 676

A fireman is running to get a net under a lady who looks like she might jump off the balcony of her 20 story apartment building.  There is nothing below her except a 20 story fall.  The fireman is still 100 yards away when she falls and can't nearly get there in time.  the woman is not hurt more than a bruise.  How is that possible?

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Brain Buster #677

This puzzle is one just like on our web site that we call teasers, it uses only the initials of the major words in a phrase.  What is the phrase? ( example: " 26 L in the A" = 26 letters in the Alphabet. )

3 N in an AC

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Brain Buster #678

What is the missing number in the sequence below?

17         24         1         9         23         8         __?         13         27        35         12         19 

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Brain Buster #679

A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a "quote."  Work out the code to decipher the words.

Jack Sprat:

 9        8-1-20-5        20-8-9-19        6-1-20        6-18-5-5        4-9-5-20        13-25        23-9-6-5        8-1-19     16-21-20        13-5        15-14.

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Brain Buster #680

There are three numbers hidden in the sentences below.  Can you find them?  The letters are in consecutive order.

Throw the problem off.  I've always felt women were able to pass even the worst situation and make it better.

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Brain Buster #681

Which four-digit number is missing from the group of numbers below?

1961          6009          6119          6699         9006          9116          9696          9966

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Brain Buster #682

All of the vowels have been removed from the following rather cynical statement, and the remaining letters have been broken into groups of three letters each.   Reconstruct the sentence.  Hint:  the words in the sentence are NOT all three letter words, because they are in groups of three, most words are blended together.

PDS        TRN        SCM        NTW        SRT        STH        QCK        NDT        HDD  

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Brain Buster #683

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 #684

Barbara is a young lady with decided tastes.  She likes khaki but not brown; she likes rendezvous but not meetings; she likes mousses but not jellies.  Does she like jodhpurs or riding pants?

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Brain Buster #685

Which is the odd word out in this list, and why?

CONTRABAND
HOURI 
ARCHAIC
YACHT
ROOK
LEVITATE
EXPLOSION
SUBMARINES

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Brain Buster #686

The following 13 letters can be anagrammed into a two-word phrase meaning "endless void."

B  E  I  L  M  O  O  P  S  S  T  T  T 

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Brain Buster #687

Six and a half boys can eat six and a half pizzas in an hour and a half.  How many pizzas could three boys eat in seven and a half hours?

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Brain Buster #688

What are five words ending with --dous?

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Brain Buster #689

At Sloppy Joe's Restaurant a customer was shocked to find a fly in his coffee. He sent the waiter back for a fresh cup. After his first sip, the customer pounded on the table and shouted: "This is the same cup of coffee I had before!"  How could he tell?

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Brain Buster #690

A chessboard has squares that are two inches by two inches.  What is the diameter of the largest circle that can be drawn on the board in such a way that the circle's circumference is entirely on black squares?

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Brain Buster #691

In this question you have a fifty-fifty chance of guessing right since there are only two possible answers.  All of us know that the five American states which are either touching or sitting in the Pacific Ocean are Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California.  So we should find it simple to answer whether Reno, Nevada, is east or west of Los Angeles, California.

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Brain Buster #692

A plane was returning from the Olympic Games with five athletes who placed first through fifth in an event. They made the following statements:

A: "I was not the last."
B: "C was third."
C: "A was behind F."
D: "F was second."
F: "D was not the first."

Can you determine the position of how the athletes finished, use your reasoning power to determine if each one is telling the truth or lying?

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Brain Buster #693

Which of the following groups of letters is the odd man out?  The difference has nothing to do with vowels or consonants.

TTEN          EVCA          SEOUH          KNLNEE

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Brain Buster #694

Each of the following letters has something in common.  What should the next letter be?

B   C   D   G   J   O   P   Q   R   ?

 1) T     2)S     3)V     4)W

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Brain Buster #695

Another palindrome:

What would you call bumps on a variety of dried grass?

_   _   _   _   _              _   _   _   _   _

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Brain Buster #696

Choose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below.  The four letters will spell the answer to the riddle.

My first is in game but not in play.
My second in lose but not in stay.
My third in like but not in high.
My last in drive but not in sigh
My whole is precious, very dear,
Valued by all----far and near.

_   _   _   _

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Brain Buster #697

Find the six-digit number in which the first digit is the square of the second; the third and fourth are the sum of the first and second; and the fifth and sixth are the sum of the preceding four digits. 

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Brain Buster #698

In a recent contest, 45 participants were awarded $300,000 in prize money.  The money was divided into prizes of $4,000 and $8,000.  Each of the participants received one prize.  How many participants received the $4,000 prize and how many received the $8,000 amount?

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Brain Buster #699

Determine the well-known fact, phrase, movie, song title, etc. represented in the following initial letters and numbers:

1.  5 F on a H ( I the T )
2.  A C has 9 L
3.  4 H of the A
4.  3 B M ( S H T R )

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Brain Buster #700

How many different ways can seven people arrange themselves in a row of seven seats?

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