This Weeks Contest Puzzle

Brain Teaser Contest #77--Win A Free Game!



Which diagram results from folding the diagram on the left?
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January 29, 2011

In the Art Gallery is a new conceptual art piece. The artist created a huge pile different paintings; periodically he picks up one of the paintings and hangs it on the wall, and adjusts it.
At 11:00, the painting titled "Number 30" was hung.
At 4:00, the painting titled "Number 240" was hung.
At 7:30, the painting titled "Number 315" was hung.
What painting will the artist hang on the wall at 9:20?
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January 28, 2011

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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This Weeks Contest Puzzles--Win A Free Game!

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. And another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
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January 27, 2011

There is a 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. What is this four-digit number?
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January 26, 2011

Today's Daily Brain Teaser:

Come follow me, though I've no legs
I'll lead you through the trees.
Come follow me, though I've no voice 
to call you on the breeze.
These woods are wild as can be, 
I know them well, come follow me.
What am I?
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January 25, 2011

Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?
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Brain Teaser Contest #76

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. And another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
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January 22, 2011

Every morning the farmer had an egg for breakfast. He didn't have any chickens. He never ate eggs from anyone else's chickens.
Where did he get his eggs?
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January 21, 2011

WHAT KIND?
1. What kind of water never freezes? 
2. What kind of rocks are on the bottom of the Mississippi River?
3. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
4. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
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January 20, 2011

Peter is playing around with a two-plate scale and finds that the
scale stays in equilibrium if one plate is filled with two keys, 
two coins and three toy soldiers OR one apple, one toy soldier and
one lemon, and the other plate with a weight of 100 grams. One 
coin, one key, one soldier and one plum together weigh 50 grams. 
The lemon, the apple and the plum weigh exactly the same as one 
coin, one key, one soldier and one pen. 
How much does the pen weigh?
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January 19, 2011

The letters on the glass doors of a beauty parlor read correctly 
when viewed from the street. How would this lettering appear when
seen in a mirror in the parlor, which reflects it from a mirror, 
which reflects it from another mirror?
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January 18, 2011

I run over fields and woods all day. 
Under the bed at night I sit not alone. 
My tongue hangs out, 
up and to the rear, 
awaiting to be filled in the morning. 
What am I?
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January 17, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #75

Real or Contrived
Truth may be stranger than fiction, especially if you're a writer trying to find a name for something. Below are planets, elements, institutions, and characters.How many of the 10 words below draw their name from real life?
1. Vulcan
2. Kryptonite
3. Cavorite
4. Zirconium
5. Quark
6. Nanosecond
7. Platformate
8. Kodak
9. E. J. Korvette's 
10. Oz
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January 15, 2011

Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters; 
Two husbands, with their two wives; 
Two fathers, with their two daughters; 
Two mothers, with their two sons; 
Two maidens, with their two mothers; 
Two sisters, with their two brothers; 
Yet only six in all lie buried here; 
All born legitimate, from incest clear
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January 14, 2011

The rich men want it, 
the wise men know it, 
the poor all need it, 
and the kind men show it. 
What is it?
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January 13, 2011

Continue this pattern
1, 2, 3, 5, ?, ?
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January 12, 2011

There is a free gift in my breakfast cereal. The manufacturers say that the gift comes in four different colors, and encourage one to collect all four (thus eating lots of cereal). Assuming there is an equal chance of getting any one of the colors, what is the expected number of boxes I must consume to get all four?
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January 11, 2011

If today, is today, today.
What will tomorrow be yesterday?
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Brain Teaser Contest CONTEST #74

Complete the series by adding the next number:
0,0,1,2,2,4,3,6,4,?
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January 08, 2011

Every dawn begins with me,
At dusk I'll be the first you see,
And daybreak couldn't come without
What midday centers all about.
Daises grow from me, I'm told
And when I come, I end all cold,
But in the sun I won't be found,
Yet still, each day I'll be around.
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January 07, 2011

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all-- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out.
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January 06, 2011

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
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January 05, 2011

A hunter pitched her tent and then hiked straight south for five miles; she then turned and hiked five miles due east. Finally she turned again and hiked five miles straight north where she saw a bear ripping apart her tent. What color was the bear?
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January 04, 2011

Two candles are the same length. 
Both are lit at the same time. 
The first candle (#1) burns six hours before it extinguishes itself. 
The second candle (#2) burns three hours before it extinguishes itself. 
During how much time must candle #1 burn before it is twice the length of candle #2?
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THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #73

THIS WEEKS CONTEST TEASER #73

X is less than Y; Y is not equal to Z. Therefore the statement that: X is not equal to Z, is:
a) correct b) incorrect c) undetermined
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