A Daily Puzzle / Brain Teaser

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #15

2009-11-15T19:29:00.001-05:00

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #15

What is the closest relation that your mother's sister-in-law's brother-in-law could be to you?
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November 13, 2009

2009-11-12T20:51:00.001-05:00

Replace the asterisks by the correct mathematical signs
to make the expression equal to 99.
16 * 12 * 2 * 3 = 99
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November 12, 2009

2009-11-11T20:53:00.001-05:00

Robert and David were preparing to have a water balloon fight. "No Fair" cried Robert, "You have 3 times as many as I do!" David said "Fine!" and gave Robert 10 more balloons. "Still not fair!" argued Robert, "You still have twice as many as I do." How many more balloons must David give Robert for them to have the same number?
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November 11, 2009

2009-11-11T06:24:00.000-05:00

A woman was sitting in her hotel room when there was a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said, "Oh I'm sorry. I have made a mistake. I thought this was my room." He then went off down the corridor to the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security to have the man apprehended. What made the woman so suspicious of the man.
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November 10, 2009

2009-11-09T20:20:00.000-05:00

The time is twenty-six minutes to one in the afternoon.
The year is 1978, and the date is May 6th.
What is the significance of this?

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #14

2009-11-08T15:28:00.000-05:00

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #14

In Roman numerals, five is V and eleven is XI. What is the numeral for nineteen?
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November 06, 2009

2009-11-05T19:41:00.000-05:00

Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed's sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman.
Using these facts, determine the names of the men playing the various positions on the baseball team.
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November 05, 2009

2009-11-04T19:38:00.000-05:00

There is one in a minute and two in a moment, but only one in a million years. What is it?
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November 04, 2009

2009-11-03T20:36:00.001-05:00

"My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 140 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"
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November 03, 2009

2009-11-02T20:25:00.000-05:00

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
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November 02, 2009

2009-11-01T12:33:00.000-05:00

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #13

What Number Belongs In The Yellow Square

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October 30, 2009

2009-10-29T19:36:00.001-05:00

I can contort into many fantastic shapes, and
can form one thing even after being run through a grate.
I can appear in many different guises, and
Am to be won among Halloween prizes.

WHAT AM I?
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October 29, 2009

2009-10-28T19:49:00.001-05:00

Halloween was almost over, and Mr. Green had less than 20 candies left. When the doorbell rang, he thought he would give all the candies away. When he opened the door, there were two trick or treaters. He wanted to give away the candies evenly, but he noticed that when he divided the candies in two, there was one left over. At that point, he saw another trick or treater behind the first two. He tried to divide the candies evenly among the three of them, but again one was left over. Finally, another trick or treater came to his door, making it four trick or treaters altogether. Mr. Green still had one candy left over after dividing the left over candies in fours.
How many candies did Mr. Green have left when the doorbell rang?
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October 28, 2009

2009-10-27T20:16:00.001-05:00

As you are reading this message, you will notice some spelling errors. Do not be frigtened, however. This is how you must anelyze:
First, find al of the missing, repeated, or incorrect letters.
Second, alow yurself to look at these and look at the wword that is represinted.
Finally, tell me a numbur that most commonnly is associated with the word.
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October 27, 2009

2009-10-26T18:48:00.000-05:00

The 57 players on four soccer teams traveled to a soccer tournament in Plainville. Each car carrying the members of the same team had the same number of players in it.
The 15 players on the Barracudas rode three to a car.
The Sharks and the Dolphins had three fewer players on each team than the Barracudas had.
The Sharks had one more player in each car than the Dolphins had.
The Stingrays had six players per car.
In all, how many cars did the soccer players take to the tournament?
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October 26, 2009

2009-10-25T15:07:00.001-05:00

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #12

Alice is walking thought the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well yesterday was one of my lying days." Well Alice cant figure it out just from the Lions answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days."
What day is it?
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October 24, 2009

2009-10-23T22:19:00.001-05:00

A boy was in detention from talking too much when the teacher was talking. The detention teacher said, "You have to produce a 1000 word essay in 30 seconds...GO!!"

The boy actually did it. How?

Note: he did not just write "A 1000 word essay" on his paper. You'll have to be a little more clever than that.
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October 23, 2009

2009-10-22T19:02:00.002-05:00

"We were born on the same day of the same year," said Betsy.
"And we have the same mother and father," said Patsy.
"But we're not twins," said Betsy.
Can you explain?
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October 22, 2009

2009-10-21T19:38:00.000-05:00

Timothy notes that his five best friends do not know one another. To get things started he invites three of them to lunch: Adams, Brown, and Carter. (The two other friends are Dickinson and Emerson.) The first five names are, in no particular order, Alex, Bob, Chip, Dave, and Elmer. After the luncheon, Timothy lists the results:
* Bob still does not know Brown.
* Chip knows Adams.
* Dave knows only one of the others.
* Elmer knows three of the others.
* Alex knows two of the others.
* Dickinson knows only one of the others.
* Emerson knows three of the others.
What is the full name of each of the five?
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October 21, 2009

2009-10-20T19:15:00.001-05:00

He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painfull in love, One painfull in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 words I must be?
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October 20, 2009

2009-10-19T19:26:00.001-05:00

How many 5-digit numbers are there that do not contain the numbers 3 and 5, and are multiples of 4?
(It cannot start with 0, ie. 01234 is not a 5 digit number)
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October 19, 2009

2009-10-18T18:28:00.000-05:00

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #11

How many circles are present in this picture?

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October 17, 2009

2009-10-16T15:40:00.000-05:00

AALLLOUGNINCEACELSSSEANRYTELNETCTEERS

If you cross out all unnecessary letters in the above string of letters, a logical sentence will remain. Can you read it?
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October 16, 2009

2009-10-15T20:19:00.001-05:00

In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?
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October 15, 2009

2009-10-14T18:56:00.001-05:00

Chuck, a best selling author of romantic fiction, had suspected for some time that his wife Eva was unfaithful, though he had no proof. One afternoon, while Chuck was working on his latest bodice-ripper, Eva mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Eva went to the door, Chuck looked at her pensively, then resumed his work. Three hours later, Eva returned, took her coat off and asked Chuck weather he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Chuck asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her.
"Eva," he said, "I want a divorce."
Can you figure out how he knew?
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