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Brain Teaser #155

2020-01-28T20:33:00.001-05:00

All In The Family

1. In the Smith family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?

2. A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?

3. A girl has as many sisters as she has brothers. But each brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many brothers and sisters in the family?
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Brain Teaser #154

2020-01-11T20:48:00.003-05:00

1. What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one third the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second?

2. Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?

3. If today, is today, today. What will tomorrow be yesterday?
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Brain Teaser #153

2020-01-09T20:20:00.004-05:00

Somehow or other I got talked into buying something on the installment plan. I'm not sure I got a good deal. The payments to date, according to my checkbook, have reached $96. The second year cost $2.00 more than the first year; the third year cost $3.00 more than the second; and the fourth year cost me $4.00 more than the third. What were my payments the first year?
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Brain Teaser #152

2020-01-05T19:18:00.002-05:00

1. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

2. Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

3. Monique is 24 years old. She is twice the age that Valerie had when Monique was the same age that Valerie is now. How old is Valerie?
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Brain Teaser #151

2020-01-03T10:45:00.000-05:00

Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold?
Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?
Why is the letter T like Easter?
Which two letters are definitely not hard?
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Brain Teaser #150

2020-01-01T10:41:00.002-05:00

1. Everyone knows that both Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on the same day of the week. However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday. Why?

2. My quiz for this today, is most unusual. As is this paragraph. What is so unusual about it? If you look hard, you should find what it is without too much difficulty. Try hard to spot it. How long did you think about it?
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Brain Teaser #149

2019-12-15T20:58:00.003-05:00

Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Can you figure out what songs they are?

1. CROAOF
2. IDOAWC
3. RTRNRHAVSN
4. GGROBAR
5. IHABCWY
6. ISMKSC
7. OTFDOCMTLGTM
8. FTSWAJHS
9. IBMBOJHSSOM
10. JBJBJBR
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Brain Teaser #148

2019-12-12T19:25:00.000-05:00

1. Tom is older than Sue, and Sue is younger than Mary, who is older than Tom. Who is the oldest of the three?

2. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?
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Brain Teaser #147

2019-12-09T19:33:00.004-05:00

1. Four people can sit at a table in twenty-four different arrangements. How many arrangements are possible for seating eight people?

2. Soon little Freddie will celebrate his tenth birthday. In 11 years Freddie will reach half the average age of his parents. His mother is only 17 years older than her son. How old are Freddie's father and mother.

3. Unscramble the following letters to form a word.
R E I A E T N S R A S B
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Brain Teaser #146

2019-12-04T19:35:00.001-05:00

Two Series Puzzles

1. What are the next two letters in the following series and why?
W A T N T L I T F S _ _

2. What letter is next in the series?
U, D, T, C, C, S, S?
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Brain Teaser #145

2019-11-30T17:20:00.000-05:00

You are a cook in a remote area with no clocks or other way of keeping time other than a four minute sandglass timer and a seven minute sandglass timer. (The kind you turn over - hourglass shaped) You do have a stove, however, with water in a pot already boiling. Somebody asks you for a nine-minute egg, and you know this person is a perfectionist and will be able to tell if you undercook or overcook the eggs by even a few seconds. What is the least amount of time it will take to prepare the egg? And how will you prepare it so that it is neither undercooked or overcooked?
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Brain Teaser #144

2019-11-27T20:17:00.004-05:00

The local McDonald's restaurant is giving away Thanksgiving dinners.
To help stimulate business, they are offering :

Big Mac = 32 cents.
French Fries = 57 cents.
Quarter Pounder = 74 cents.
What will a Happy Meal cost?
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Thanksgiving is a North American annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal including turkey. The holiday commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621, and is held in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. A similar holiday is held in Canada, usually on the second Monday in October.
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Brain Teaser #143

2019-11-26T19:11:00.000-05:00

Eight and five, last name and given,
We are one six six six even;
The first in cow, the last in oxen
Three in damsel, three in vixen.
What are we called?

Hint:
One of five, I the only one,
One in cat, two in mitten,
Two are odd, five are even
Seven in all, one in seven.
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Brain Teaser #142

2019-11-25T20:57:00.000-05:00

The Number 8

1. Can you add eight 8's together so they add up to an even one thousand?

2. Without using the + or - signs, arrange five 8s so they equal 9.

3. What is the smallest integer, which, when multiplied by 2 gives a number consisting of only 8's?
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Brain Teaser #141

2019-11-24T20:44:00.003-05:00

Ann, Mike, Lyn, and Bill, whose last names are Juarez, Newton, Myers, and Ken, each have a favorite Thanksgiving dish - turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Sort out the clues and match up everything.

1. Juarez has her favorite dish after the main meal.
2. Mike loves his favorite dish with lots of onion and celery in it.
3. Myers has her favorite dish served in slices (light and dark).
4. Ann hates sweets.
5. Newton is allergic to cranberries.
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Brain Teaser #140

2019-11-21T19:44:00.002-05:00

Thanksgiving Anagrams
Rearrange the letters to reveal words and phrases connected with Thanksgiving. Spelling counts!

1. g r i m l i p s
2. v e r s a t i l e
3. M e n o v e r b
4. M r. S i d T u c k
5. O h, m e!
6. e a r c l o s e s
7. b o w s h i n e
8. p r a t t l e
9. D e a r P a
10. b e a r d
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Brain Teaser #139

2019-11-19T20:14:00.001-05:00

Uncle Clarence ate more turkey than Uncle Ethan.
Uncle Ethan ate less turkey than Uncle Morton.
Uncle Pete is a vegetarian.

Write "T" if the statement is true, "F" if it is false, and "C" if you cannot tell.
___Uncle Morton ate more turkey than Uncle Ethan.
___Uncle Clarence ate the most turkey.
___Uncle Morton may have eaten more turkey than Uncle Clarence.
___Uncle Pete ate less turkey than Uncle Ethan.
___Uncle Pete ate ham instead of turkey.
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Brain Teaser #138

2019-11-18T19:30:00.002-05:00

Use a common phone keypad to decode all of these Thanksgiving words.
Example: 887539 = TURKEY

9267___________
74547467_________
33278 __________
47289__________
629356937__________
84265385___________
7867546 743 ______________
533868377______________
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Brain Teaser #137

2019-11-17T17:01:00.000-05:00

Three Relationship Teasers

1. You are female. What relationship to you is your father’s only son-in-law's mother-in-law's only daughter?

2. What is the closest relation that your mother's sister-in-law's brother-in-law could be to you?

3. A friend of mine's grandmother is younger than his father. How can this be possible?
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Brain Teaser #136

2019-11-14T18:17:00.000-05:00

Four of the words below have one significant feature in common which distinguishes them from the fifth word. Which is the odd man out?

REACT
TRACE
CATER
SCARE
CARTE
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Brain Teaser #135

2019-11-12T21:00:00.004-05:00

A man is walking down a road with a basket of eggs. As he is walking he meets someone who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. He walks a little further and meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one-half of an egg. After proceeding further he meets another person who buys one-half of his eggs plus one half an egg. At this point he has sold all of his eggs, and he never broke an egg. How many eggs did the man have to start with?
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Brain Teaser #134

2019-11-11T19:28:00.000-05:00

1. 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?

2. A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
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Brain Teaser #133

2019-11-10T19:22:00.001-05:00

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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Brain Teaser #132

2019-11-08T19:47:00.003-05:00

The Number 6

1. Which is correct: Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

2. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36?

3. A: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,19
B: 12,18, 20
What are the groups and why is the number 6 not included?
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Brain Teaser #131

2019-11-06T19:07:00.000-05:00

Four men and four women are shipwrecked on a desert island. Eventually each one falls in love with one another, and is himself loved by one person. John falls in love with a girl who is in love with Jim. Arthur loves a girl who loves the man who loves Ellen. Mary is loved by the man who is loved by the girl who is loved by Bruce. Gloria hates Bruce and is hated by the man whom Hazel loves. Enigma: Who loves Arthur?
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