1260 Challenging Brain Teasers Page 69 of 84
Brain teasers that will keep you busy for a while, there's a sampling of difficulty levels and various themes that you can attempt.
1021. What two words, formed from two different arrangements of the same eight letters, will complete the sentence below?
Mayhem ensued on the circus grounds when the animal __________ were unable to ________ their charges.
1022. What number is one-fourth of one-half of one-tenth of 16 multiplied by 20?
1023. Fill in the blanks below to complete three words beginning with the letters NEW.
NEW _ _ _ _ _ (double talk)
NEW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (novel)
NEW _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (gossip)
1024. In the following multiplication example, each letter can be replaced by a number to make the example mathematically correct.
A B C D E F G I
x I
A A A A A A A A A
1025. What number comes next in the sequence?
1, 6, 13, 22, 33, ?
1026. Between which two numbers in the following list should you put the number 4? Why?
8, 50, 19, 1, 17, 6, 10, 13, 30, 20
1027. Gary and Joan collect old soup cans. Gary said that if Joan would give him two cans, they would have an equal number, but if Gary gave Joan two of his, Joan would have twice as many as Gary. How many cans did each have?
1028. What two words, formed from two different arrangements of the same seven letters, will complete the sentence below?
The historian was not __________ by the fact that the manuscripts he found were __________. He knew he would find the clues he needed in the events listed.
1029. Jim did an errand for his mother-in-law's only son's only wife. What was she to Jim?
1030. What number comes next in the following sequence?
2, 6, 6, 12, 10, 18, 14, 24, ?
1031. Take a word that means "alarm," change one letter and find a word for a rise in temperature.
Take a word that means "transformation," change one letter and find a word for a business maneuver.
1032. What letter comes next in the following series?
A Z B Y C X D ?
1033. Bill likes three but not four. He likes seven but not ten, and he likes eleven but not twelve. Following the same rule, will he like thirteen or twenty?
1034. The names of five people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)
I was already as ambitious as a person can be.
1035. What is 1/2 of 1/4 of 2/9 of 3/7 of 84?
