September 30, 2010

A woman lives in a skyscraper thirty-six floors high and served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?
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September 29, 2010

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her dog a bone.
When she got there,
The cupboard was bare, 
And so Old Mother Hubbard cried 
out, OICURMT! Can you figure 
out the meaning of that strange exclamation?
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September 28, 2010

There were three women in all swimming costumes! 
One was happy and the other two were sad! 
The happy one was crying and the sad ones were smiling.
Why was this?
Solution

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #59

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #59

Kevin is older than Trevor but younger than Mike. Trevor is younger than Sam who is younger than Mike. Kevin is younger than Sam. Who is the oldest?
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September 25, 2010

A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, how many years was he a widower?
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September 24, 2010

I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep, for mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think critically and answer the question...what am I?
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September 23, 2010

A quick test of intelligence. Don't cheat! Because if you do, the test will be no fun. 

There are no Tricks to the test. Read this sentence: 

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. 

Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Important, count them ONLY ONCE: do not go back and count them again.
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September 22, 2010

Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, felled by three 
eyes, black as night. 
What happened?
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September 21, 2010

Suppose you’re in a hallway lined with 100 closed lockers. You begin by opening every locker. Then you close every second locker. Then you go to every third locker and open it (if it’s closed) or close it (if it’s open). (Let’s call this action toggling a locker.) Continue toggling every nth locker on pass number n. After 100 passes, where you toggle only locker #100, how many lockers are open?
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THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #58

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #58

Which day of the week has an anagram?
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September 18, 2010

Jeff likes racing his little sports car, but he knows that safety should always be kept in mind, so he practices regularly. On one particular day, Jeff goes out to the practice track and does two laps at an average of 100 km/h, two laps at an average of 102 km/h, two laps at an average of 140km/h and two laps at an average of 150 km/h. Now Jeff would like to know what his average speed was during that practice session. Can you help him?
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September 17, 2010

Four children had a race. At the end of the race
four statements were made:

Robert: I didn't come in first or last
David: I didn't come in last
Melissa: I was first
Bailey: I was last
You know that one, and only one, of the children
didn't tell the truth. Who won the race?
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September 16, 2010

How many days before 17th August is it, if 50 days ago, 
it was four times as many days since March 30th?
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September 15, 2010

There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
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September 14, 2010

If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY
What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?
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THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #57

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #57

What number would logically come next in this sequence?


4 6 5 9 4 4 2 4 ?
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September 11, 2010

You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or C
Door B: It's behind A or D
Door C: It's in here
Door D: It's not in here
Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?
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September 10, 2010

A set of twins were born in May but their birthday is in June. 
When they grew up one married the other. 
How can this be?
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September 09, 2010

I am something that nothing is, but yet I have a name.
I am sometimes tall and sometimes short.
I join your talks; I join your sport,
And I play in every game.
What am I?
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September 08, 2010

A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. 
What time is it?
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September 07, 2010

What is the four digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first two, and the last is three times the second?
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THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #56

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #56

A man makes the following proposition to his friend:
"I will let you flip a coin 20 times. Each time the coin lands on heads, I will give you $2.00. However, each time the coin lands on tails, you must give me $3.00."
His friend flips the coin 20 times and the end result is that no money is to change hands.
How many times did the coin land on heads?
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September 04, 2010

Your task is to change ONE letter in each of the following eight words to discover a common theme.

LOIN
STEAL
BILLET
FRYING
CLANK
LINE
CAKE
STEED
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September 03, 2010

I am something that nothing is, but yet I have a name.
I am sometimes tall and sometimes short.
I join your talks; I join your sport,
And I play in every game.
What am I? 
Solution

September 02, 2010

What word, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upsidedown? 
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September 01, 2010

What word starts with an "e", ends with an "e" and contains only one letter? 
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