Brain Buster #926
Tony has three times as many brothers as he has sisters but each sister has
seven times as many brothers as sisters. If there are no more than 10
siblings, how many boys and girls are in the family?
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Brain Buster #927
Another palindrome.
How would you describe the voyage of the Kon-Tiki?
_ _ _ T _ _ _
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Brain Buster #928
The names of three people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you
find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)
I'm angry and upset about our spat.
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Brain Buster #929
Find a word that fits the first definition, then add a "W" in front
of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place a "W" in front of an insect, and create a need or desire.
Place a "W" in front of a shelving system, and get a word meaning
to stress or tear.
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Brain Buster #930
This one's too easy, see if you can do it in your head!!
What is the 4-digit number (no zeros) in which the first digit is one-eighth
of the last digit, the second digit is the sum of the first and last digits and
the third digit is twice the first?
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Brain Buster #931
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
_ R _ N _ _ _ R M
_ _ _ _ N
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Brain Buster #932
What logic am I using to order this list of presidents?
John F. Kennedy, James Garfield, James Polk, Abraham Lincoln, Chester Arthur,
Warren G. Harding.
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Brain Buster #933
Marriage laws have changed a great deal over the last few years, but is it
legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
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Brain Buster #934
Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
27 6
11 38 19
51 66 83
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Brain Buster #935
Find a word that fits the first definition, then add a "S" in front
of it to make a new word that matches the second definition.
Place a "S" in front of considerable height, and make a home for a
horse.
Place a "S" before a geometric shape, and get a Scottish delicacy.
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Brain Buster #936
A Platonic solid is a multifaceted three-dimensional object (or polyhedron),
all of whose faces are identical regular polygons. (A "regular
polygon" has sides of equal length, like a square or an equilateral
triangle.) Also, the same number of faces meet at every vertex. The
best-known example of a platonic solid is the cube, whose faces are six
identical squares. How many platonic solids exist?
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Brain Buster #937
Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in
the missing letters.
_ Y _ _ R _ R _ T
_ C _ L
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Brain Buster #938
What is the 5-digit number in which the first two digits are half the number
of states in the USA, the third digit is the same as the second, the fourth
digit is the second subtracted from the third and the fifth digit is the sum of
the first and second?
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Brain Buster #939
Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each one.
_ _ _ IC
_ _ _OS
PRO_ _ _UE
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Brain Buster #940
An ant, a beetle, and a worm are having a race to see who can travel farthest
in 1 minute. The ant travels 381 millimeters. The worm travels half
a yard. The beetle travels 17 inches. Which creature traveled the
farthest?
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Brain Buster #941
What four-letter word inserted in the blank below will create two new words
from those on either side?
LIFE ____ AGE
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Brain Buster #942
Another palindrome
What observation about the America's Cup yachts did PIP include in his letter
to MADAM?
_ _ _ _ K K
_ _ _ _
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Brain Buster #943
Meditate on the number 123. Now complete the following sequence:
116, 125, 206, 224, 305, ?
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Brain Buster #944
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters,
will complete the sentences below?
"It's impossible to pick out the king when everybody dresses in evening
clothes," Tina whined at the royal reception. "I would ________
the ________ ruler is the one wearing all the medals," responded her aunt.
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Brain Buster #945
Consider the letters rapm. Put three letters in front of "rapm"
and the same three letters behind "rapm" to form an English word.
_ _ _ r a p m _ _
_
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Brain Buster #946
Unscramble the three names below and explain why one of them is the "odd
man out."
KNRWOEY
RDAIDM
TAWOTA
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Brain Buster #947
Joe likes Minnesota more than Iowa, Wisconsin more than Missouri, Ohio more
than Maine, and New York more than Vermont. Why?
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Brain Buster #948
Monica is thinking of a state that touches five others that start with the
letters A, U, C, O, and T. What state is she thinking of?
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Brain Buster #949
The following is a jumbled quote from Mark Twain. Can you determine the
correct order of the words that will set the quote straight?
"Please distort as much as you your first, and then you can get them
facts."
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Brain Buster #950
Each of the words below starts and ends with the same letters in the same
order (different sets of letters for each word). Fill in the blanks and
complete the words.
_ _ I F I _ _
_ _ R M I _ _
_ _ _ R A I N _ _ _
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