Brain Buster #976
At the Blue Zoo I encounter thirty cerulean geese, twenty azure cows, and ten
indigo rabbits. I select an animal at random. What is the chance
that the animal will have four legs?
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Brain Buster #977
I went out for a walk and met three beggars. To the first, I gave ten cents, to
the second,
I gave ten cents, and to the third, I gave five cents. What time of day was it?
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Brain Buster #978
A man carrying a 2-liter
bottle of soda is stopped by a policeman and
a grocery store clerk in front of his house and is accused,
according
to the store clerk, of stealing the bottle of soda and running
out of
the store all the way to his home. The man said he had just
bought
it from the convenience store across the street from his house
and
he had simply walked home. The policeman asked the man to open
the bottle and quickly deduced that the man stole the bottle
from
the grocery store.
How?
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Brain Buster #979
Carol,
a private eye who never ceases to astound everyone by how
quickly she can wrap up a case, is out to solve yet another
crime. It seems that someone has mischievously hacked into the
online database maintained by the Many Dollar Mucho Dinero
Corporation, and changed their password. The hacker then sent
an untraceable e-mail that read: "Doctors divine dominion
darts doom dealing demon devotees 55244522." Within a few
minutes Carol has found the new password, allowing the company
to get back on track. And everybody said "She Did it
again"
What
was the password? Hint:
It is an actual word.
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Brain Buster #980
Jennifer has peculiar tastes. She likes people who are plump but not
those who are fat. She likes to wear pearls but not diamonds. She
likes limericks but not haiku, and she prefers Mapplethorpe to Avedon.
What's her rationale for likes and dislikes?
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Brain Buster #981
A friend called the Great Detective with the following message: "Hello;
enjoying local people. I now can even look like a resident. Talk
later." The Great Detective immediately knew where his friend
was. How?
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Brain Buster #982
Using only four numerals and any mathematical symbols you choose, can you
produce an equation that will yield the number 300?
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Brain Buster #983
Following the same plan as in the first sample, finish the other examples.
HATE
TEST LAST
GLADE _____ ASK
MIRE _____
HEAD
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Brain Buster #984
The following definitions require some thought. The explanation
includes all the facts. Ex: To study; twisted rope. Answer = Pore.
(The word "rope" twisted into "pore.")
Solve this one:
An Ursus is in the middle. Can't do it.
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Brain Buster #985
If 30 baseballs are needed for 9 pitchers over 2 days of practice, what is
the number of baseballs needed for 11 pitchers over 3 days of practice?
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Brain Buster #986
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters,
can be used to complete the second sentence below?
The handyman found a brass bucket with a broken handle. He was able to
_________ the handle so the bucket could be ___________.
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Brain Buster #987
Here's a palindrome:
Where a former emperor ate.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _
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Brain Buster #988
What comes next in the following sequence?
1/7 4/9
2/8 5/10
3/9 6/11 ?/?
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Brain Buster #989
Complete these words by adding the same three letters to each one.
E _ _ _ T, M _ _ _
T, S _ _ _
, R _ _ _ T
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Brain Buster #990
Replace the @ symbols with standard mathematical symbols, like +, -, and x,
to make the following equation true:
9 @ 8 @ 7 @ 6 @ 5 @ 4 = 91
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Brain Buster #991
Something about this list of presidents makes them special. Do you know
what it is?
James Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes,
Abraham Lincoln
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Brain Buster #992
Can you think of two words ending in "r" that have a silent
"w"?
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Brain Buster #993
Insert + or - between the numbers to make the equation work:
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 = 68
If you don't place a symbol between numbers, they merge to form a multi-digit
number.
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Brain Buster #994
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters,
can be used to complete the sentences below?
Told by his doctor that he had to lose weight, Henry contemplated the choice
of _________ on the tray. "I had a bad day at the office," he
said, "and I can never resist when I'm ________."
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Brain Buster #995
Today is Friday. What day falls two days before the day after the day
before tomorrow?
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Brain Buster #996
Joan is now half Jane's age. Three years from now Joan will be
three times as old as she was three years ago, but three years ago Jane was
three times Joan's age at that time. How old are they both now?
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Brain Buster #997
To the best of our knowledge, only one other word can be made from all of the
letters in the word VACATIONIST. Can you get it?
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Brain Buster #998
Find the number that best completes the following sequence.
60 60 24 7 __ 10
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Brain Buster #999
Which of the following words is the odd one out?
IBIS
IBEX
ORYX
GOAT
ZEBU DEER
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Brain Buster #1000
What one four-letter word can be placed before each of the words below to
make four new words? (Hyphenated words may be used.)
_ _ _ _ A R M
_ _ _ _ B I R D
_ _ _ _ S T I C K
_ _ _ _ A G E
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