Brain Buster #951
"No problem," said Jane when asked if she had change for a
dollar. After looking in her purse she realized she'd spoken too soon --
she couldn't even change a half-dollar, a dime or a nickel. What's the
largest amount of change (no silver dollars) she could have?
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Brain Buster #952
The names of three birds are hidden below (in consecutive order). Can
you pick them out?
At the sea, gleaming in the sunlight, I saw Rennie in the water. "I'm
frantic, row out and save me!" she cried.
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Brain Buster #953
_ R _ _ _ R _
_ O _ _ O _ _ O _ _
_ A _ _ _ _ A _
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Brain Buster #954
Which is more: 500 centimeters or 10 yards?
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Brain Buster #955
Very few words in the English language end with the letters -DOUS. One
such word is listed below. Can you come up with three more?
HAZARDOUS
___________
___________
___________
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Brain Buster #956
Here's a palindrome:
How did EVE refer to her first appearance on television when she described it
to NAN?
T _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ T
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Brain Buster #957
In a large crater on Mars, each Martian carries an identification card.
Each Martian's card is different and contains one letter and one one-digit
number, including zero. What's the maximum number of Martians that could
be living in the crater? (Assume that the Martian number system and alphabet is
the same as ours.)
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Brain Buster #958
What one four-letter word can be placed before each of the words below to
make four new words? (Hyphenated words are allowed.)
_ _ _ _ H O E
_ _ _ _ L A S H
_ _ _ _ H A N D
_ _ _ _ W A R D
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Brain Buster #959
Which one of these sentences if the odd one out?
1. My aunt is not eloquent.
2. Urchins travel against him.
3. Nine eggs value amber dead ants.
4. My sister is an eloquent urchin.
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Brain Buster #960
What number comes next?
1, 8, 81, 1024, ?
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Brain Buster #961
A father names his children in order of their birth,
Mike, Ida, Rupert, Sally, Merwin, Bartholomew, Marsha, Cliff,? Each
name progresses to the next using a rule. Which of these names will the
father name his next child?
Jacqueline, Jacob, Julie
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Brain Buster #962
Fill in the blanks below to complete three words that contain the letters
NOV.
NOV_ _ _ (tyro)
NO _ _ _ _ V _ (plummet)
_ N _ O V _ _ (reveal)
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Brain Buster #963
There are three sealed envelopes. One contains two $5 bills, one contains
a $10 and a $5 bill, and the third contains two $10 bills. Unfortunately,
all three envelopes have the wrong amount marked on the outside. How could
you correct all three by opening one envelope and looking at only one
bill?
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Brain Buster #964
Complete these words by adding the same three letters to each word.
I _ _ _ CT, CO _ _ _ NY, I _ _ _ TIENT
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Brain Buster #965
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters,
will complete the sentences below?
"Money __________ hunger," said the humanitarian. "We
cannot let the refugees ________."
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Brain Buster #966
If Timmy's toy soldiers are set up in rows of 3 across, one is left over; in
rows of 4, 2 are left over; in rows of 5, 3 are left over; and in rows of 6, 4
are left over. What's the least number of toy soldiers Timmy could have?
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Brain Buster #967
Replace the "a" symbols with mathematical symbols to make the
following equation work:
6 a 6 a 66 a 6 a 66 = 113
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Brain Buster #968
These words follow a logical progression:
PHILOSOPHICOSOCIOLOGICALLY
ZOO
CHRONOGRAMMATICAL
QUOTE
EAGLE
ENTERTAINED
KISS
DISENTANGLEMENT
OCCULTISM
Which of these could be next?
SCALP
INCEST
TAWDRY
VALETUDINARIANISM
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Brain Buster #969
Every Saturday, a gang of us play some kids from Brooklyn at baseball, but
the other day, because of the flu, it looked like we'd have to miss a game. Then
Chuck pointed out that, because some of us were better players than the rest,
we'd still be able to pull together two evenly matched teams, though it would
mean mixing up the two groups.
As I was getting ready to go to bat, who should walk up but the guy who's
running for Mayor this year, saying we kids all looked so cute we could be
brothers and sisters.
He patted my head for the benefit of the TV crew with him, so I told him we
might look alike, but actually we belonged to four different families.
"There's my family," I explained. "Ours is the largest.
Then there's the Browns, they're a smaller family. The Greens are smaller still,
and the Black family is the smallest of all.
He wanted to know how many kids there were in each family, but I was in
the mood to be difficult, so I told him, as it happens, you could multiply
together the numbers of kids in each family and come out with the same number as
was the number of fools who were going to vote for him this coming November.
Then I told him how many votes I figured he'd get!
That should have been enough to persuade him to take a hike, but instead
he said: "Well, let me see if I can work out the number of children in each
family." After a moment, he said: "Tell me one thing, sonny: do the
Blacks have more than one child?"
I didn't see how knowing that would help him much, so I answered. But I figured
I'd out fox him by just saying Yes or No. Then the wise guy looked straight at
the TV cameras and announced how many kids each family had!
How did I answer his question, and what did the wise guy say? (For those who
don't know baseball, there are 9 players on a team.)
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Brain Buster #970
What rule am I using to determine the numbers in this series?
102 104
108 110
114 128
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Brain Buster #971
2 math teasers!
What number, plus 13, is equal to one-fourth of 116?
What number is one-third of one-fifth of 165?
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Brain Buster #972
If you had a blue peacock that laid a blue egg, what is the probability that
the hatched chick would also be blue?
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Brain Buster #973
All the digits from 0 through 9 appear once each in the multiplication
problem below (intermediate steps not included). Fill in the missing
digits and solve the problem.
2 ? 7
x ? ?
? ? 0 ? ?
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Brain Buster #974
Something about this set of presidents makes them special. What would
that be?
Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton, Thomas Jefferson, Chester
Arthur, George Bush, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington
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Brain Buster #975
31, 62, 93, 25, 56, ?
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