1260 Challenging Brain Teasers Page 63 of 84
Tough brain teasers for you to work on. Some of the math brain teasers may stump you unless you have some really great math skills.
931. Make a dent in your mental energy and complete the word below by filling in the missing letters.
_ R _ N _ _ _ R M _ _ _ _ N
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.
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?
934. Which of these numbers is the odd one out?
27 6 11 38 19 51 66 83
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.
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?
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
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?
939. Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each one.
_ _ _ IC
_ _ _OS
PRO_ _ _UE
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?
941. What four-letter word inserted in the blank below will create two new words from those on either side?
LIFE ____ AGE
942. Another palindrome
What observation about the America's Cup yachts did PIP include in his letter to MADAM?
_ _ _ _ K K _ _ _ _
943. Meditate on the number 123. Now complete the following sequence:
116, 125, 206, 224, 305, ?
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.
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 _ _ _
