Friday, April 29, 2011

Can you pick the god from the list provided that will complete this group?
Zeus, Hephaestus, Gaea, ?
Choose from: Dionysus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon, Aphrodite
Solution

Thursday, April 28, 2011

H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?

What's the next in the series?
Solution

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short, I’m quite at my ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, And savants can’t lose me, For I am the center of gravity. Who or what am I?
Solution

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A girl needs to buy shampoo. Her choices are:
Volumizing: $1.75 
Regular: $1.00 
Scented: $1.50 
Revitalizing: $2.50 
Extra Shine: $2.00 
Which one will she buy? 
Use the clues below: 
1. It costs more than a dollar.
2. The cost ends in zero.
3. She will need to use coins if she wants to give exact change.
4. She already has perfume.
Solution

Monday, April 25, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #89--Win A Free Game!
Plant is to Seed as Human is to:
Ovary - Sperm - Ovum - Uterus - Embryo
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Last Weeks Stats:
Winner- Julia Tanner
Submitted: Right Solutions 97 / Wrong Solutions 12
Last Week's Solution-City The letters rearrange to form, BERLIN, a city in Germany
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

An electric train is travelling north at 150 mph. There is an easterly wind blowing at 30 mph. Which way is the smoke from the train blowing?
Solution

Friday, April 22, 2011

1. Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold?

2. Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?

3. Why is the letter T like Easter?

4. Which two letters are definitely not hard?
Solution

Thursday, April 21, 2011

My first is in yesterday, but not in today;
My second is in after, but not in before;
My third is in start, and also in stop;
My fourth is the 20th letter of the English alphabet;
My fifth is in correct but not in wrong;
and my sixth is in pretty, but not in cute.
My whole is something celebrated by Christians.
What is the teaser referring to?
Solution

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Below are 3 anagrams of holidays. Can you figure them out?

1. Charm sits
2. Art see
3. Ale hen low
Solution

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I was drinking champagne at a party, when someone came over and spilled a raisin into my almost full 20 ounce glass. It was shaped like a regular glass, though much larger. Two friends, who always quarreled, came up. The first one said that the raisin will sink, while the second said that the raisin will float. Who was right? The glass is still upright, and is flat on a table. It is also level.
Solution

Monday, April 18, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #88--Win A Free Game!

If you rearrange the letters NLIRBE, you would have the
name of a River - Country - City - Animal or Plant
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Winner- Jacqueline
Submitted: Right Solutions 127 / Wrong Solutions 18
Last Week's Solution-True. Since all Parkers are Franks, whatever attributes that Franks have, Parkers must also have. So, all Parkers are Franks, which are all smart, so all Parkers are smart. This is a sort of transitive logic.
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Saturday, April 16, 2011

What's the difference between a school boy studying and a farmer watching his cattle?
Solution

Friday, April 15, 2011

Sky likes the number 5, but not 6. She likes 32, but not 33. She likes 41, but not 42.

Which of the following numbers does she like and not like?

50
39
23
14
16
Solution

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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?
Solution

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

What is at the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
Solution

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided.

1) low in fuel content & to gain knowledge (4 letters)
2) a small vessel for liquids & essential (4 letters)
3) a low or open slipper & malicious gossip (6 letters)
4) a mark used to indicate the place where something is to be inserted & a floor covering (5 letters)
Solution

Monday, April 11, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #87--Win A Free Game!

Let's say that the following arguments are true:
a.All Parkers are Franks.
b.All Franks are smart.
Therefore, we can conclude that all Parkers must be smart.
Is this conclusion true or false?
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Winner- Lola England
Submitted: Right Solutions 107 / Wrong Solutions 36
Last Week's Solution-U. The pattern is: LETTER (skip one letter) LETTER (skip two letters) LETTER (skip thre letters), etc. So we skip 5 letters after O and get U.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011

What common phrase is represented by this rebus?

Easy going:
Weak, "I'm going."
Tough, "I'm staying."

Medium going:
Weak, "I'm going."
Tough, "I'm staying."

Tough going:
Weak, "I can't do it, I'm staying!"
Tough, "Let's get going."
Solution

Friday, April 8, 2011

Can you find the word within a word for each set of clues listed below? The dashes beside each clue tell you how many letters are in the word you are to find. (ex. A young lion...in skin diving gear = ScubA)
1. A snooze...in a hiking bag: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2. An armed conflict...in one who lacks courage: __ __ __ __ __ __
3. A line of seats...in a king's headdress:__ __ __ __ __
4. A brooch...in a statement of belief:__ __ __ __ __ __ __
5. A math term...in a fireman's climbing apparatus:__ __ __ __ __ __
Solution

Thursday, April 7, 2011

There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way?
Solution

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What word completes this series?

Horse, Elephant, Butterfly, ________

Choose from: Kangaroo, Human, Spider, Dog, Baboon, Cockroach.
Solution

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #86--Win A Free Game!

What would be the next letter in this series?
A ... C ... F ... J ... O ... ?
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Winner-Ryan Tanser
Submitted: Right Solutions 164 / Wrong Solutions 40
Last Week's Solution-9. The pattern is subtract three, add one, subtract 3, add 1. So, add 1 to 8, gets: 9.
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Daily Brain Teaser

I am partially baked.
I am not completely lit.
I am a portion of the moon.
I am lesser than full wit.
I am a divider of the hour.
I am not a total lie.
I am a sibling through one parent.
Can you guess....what am I???
Solution

Saturday, April 2, 2011

A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they died at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognized. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know?
Solution

Friday, April 1, 2011

Steve is holding a coin in his hand. If you take away half, the value of the coin doubles. What is the coin?
Solution