A watch which gains 5 seconds every 3 minutes was set correctly at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated a quarter past 4 o'clock, what was the true time?
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Below are anagrams of some musical instruments popular in a particular style of music. Your task is to discover what these instruments are and the style of music. I have placed the number of letters in brackets if there are two words. Good luck.

Term put
Clear tin
Bent room
Air tug
O! A pin
A U.S. bobsled (6, 4)
A drab show
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Alexa likes strawberries, blueberries, and apples. She put bananas, apples, oranges, cherries, and blueberries into a basket. There are 36 fruits in the basket total. There are 7 bananas, 4 apples, 11 oranges, 8 cherries, and the rest blueberries. What is Alexa's chance of picking out a fruit that she likes?
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Brain Teaser Contest #85--Win A Free Game!

What would be the next number in this series?

15 ... 12 ... 13 ... 10 ... 11 ... 8 ... ?
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Last Weeks Stats:
Winner-Grant Goodman
Submitted: Right Solutions 65 / Wrong Solutions 45
Last Week's Solution-25%. Before Joe lost his job, they were earning 100% of their income, and he was bringing in 20% and Janice brought in 80%. So, the increase from 80% to 100% is 20%, a change of 25%.
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1. 10 = E in a D
2. E = 0 D L
3. 8 = P of S in the E L
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I was born in the 18th century, yet still live on today. Appearing on TV when I have something to say. Called everything from "honest" to a dirty rotten "crook", I used to wear a wig, but have had several looks. I've always had a party, but never disturb the neighbors. I've been shot at many times - major stories for the papers. What am I?
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The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
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Joe and Moe had a bet on who could stay under water the longest without the aid of any breathing equipment. Moe jumped in the pool and managed to stay under for one minute. Joe knew he could never beat Moe's time using his method, but he won by staying under for two minutes using a trick. What did Joe do?
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Arrange twenty cubes in four piles using these clues:
1. All piles contain an even number of cubes
2. There are twice as many cubes in the first pile as in the second pile. 
3. The largest number of cubes is in the first pile.
4. All piles have a different number of cubes.
5. Each pile has at least one cube. 
How many cubes would be in each pile?
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Brain Teaser Contest #84--Win A Free Game!
Joe lost his part-time job, which reduced the net family income by 20%. His wife Janice decided to work overtime to compensate for the lost income. Other things being equal, by what percentage must her net salary increase in order to arrive at the same net family income as they had before Joe
lost his job?
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What is so special about this particular sequence of numbers?

425260376469080434957
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Pronounced as one letter, 
And written with three, 
Two letters there are, 
And two only in me. 
Im double, Im single, 
Im black blue and grey, 
Im read from both ends, 
And the same either way.
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You're stuck in a room with really short leprechauns. They are really loud, and very annoying. Bob is 2'5, Barry is 2'2, Brad is 2'5, Bryan is 2'1, and Brittany is 2'1. Who is the tallest?
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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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Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together. 
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Brain Teaser Contest #83--Win A Free Game!
Gina is faster than Jan, and Nora is slower than Gina.

Which of the following statements would be most accurate?
a) Nora is faster than Jan.
b) Nora is slower than Jan.
c) Nora is as fast as Jan.
d) It is impossible to tell whether Jan or Nora is faster.
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Last Week's Solution-FALSE: It is possible that all the warriors who are cowards are not also gatekeepers. Or look at this example:
Alice, Bob, Charlie, and Dana are gatekeepers.
Alice and Bob are warriors [Charlie and Dana are not]. => Some gatekeepers are warriors.
Alice, Bob, Emily, and Fred are warriors.
Emily and Fred are cowards[Alice, Bob, Charlie, and Dana are not]. => Some warriors are cowards.
Are any of the gatekeepers cowards? NO.
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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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You find yourself half way between Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro; about as far from Mexico City as from Moscow.

Albert Einstein waits to the left, ready to explain his theory of relativity. A short distance to your right James Watt hopes to recount his development of the steam engine to you. John Steinbeck and Isaac Bashevis Singer crouch over you, vying for your attention.

Your surroundings are conventional and functional. One aspect stands out: A piece of furniture - represented in 2 or 3 specimens in the typical home - recurs here hundreds of times.

What is this piece of furniture, and where are you?
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George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.
Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
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A simple 3 letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?

___tina
de___ter
___cel
chi___ery
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Johnny's mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
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Brain Teaser Contest #82--Win A Free Game!
Let's say that the following arguments are true:
a.Some gatekeepers are warriors.
b.Some warriors are cowards.
Therefore, we can conclude that some gatekeepers must be cowards
Is this conclusion true or false?
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A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?
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A steady stream of people enter Mike’s place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. Mike allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type of business employs Mike.
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red, blue, green, purple, ...

Find the next word that fits into the above series from:

bag
lukewarm
pillow
rabbit
stop
giraffe
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144 T in a C S S of M
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An elderly man is going for a walk. Two young men in excellent physical condition are directly behind him, sprinting toward him. No matter how fast they run, they do not catch up with the man. Why can’t the men catch up with the elderly man and where are all three people?
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