Thursday, June 30, 2011

I have seven letters. The first two stand for a boy. The first three stand for a girl. The first four stand for a brave boy. But all of my letters stand for a brave girl. What word am I?
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Lone Ranger rode into town on Friday. He stayed 5 consecutive days and left on Friday. How could this be?
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

You just dumped a bag of fruit into the deepest end of the fruit bin, and now you can’t see what you have. They’re all smooth skinned, and about the same size, so you can’t tell by touch either. You know you have five large plums, five nectarines, and five small smooth-skinned peaches. How many pieces of fruit must you take out to be absolutely sure of getting a plum?
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #98--Win A Free Game!
If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o’clock in the afternoon as it was before one o’clock in the morning. What time would it be now?
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Winner- Maggie Contreras
Submitted: Right Solutions 86 / Wrong Solutions 34
Last Week's Solution-E. A hand goes into a mitten, just as a foot goes into a shoe.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

A boy goes to a school that is the best of its kind. The school does not appear on any map or any list of best schools. The school is British, but nowhere near Britain. Many people know about this school.

What is the school's name and who is their most famous student?
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Friday, June 24, 2011

What do the following words have in common?
FAST
STRIKE
BILL
QUANTUM
SANCTION
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Try to find out a multi-digit number that if multiplied by the number 9 or any of its multiplications products (18, 27, 36, 45,..) will result in the multiplication factor repeated (n) number of times.
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Brain Teaser Contest #97--Win A Free Game!
Which one of the five designs makes the best comparison?

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

My first is often at the front door.
My second is found in the cereal family.
My third is what most people want.
My whole is one of the United States.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Jason decided to give his bike 3 coats of paint. Which coat would go on the first?
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #97--Win A Free Game!
Which one of the five designs makes the best comparison?

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Winner- Kaleb McElyea
Submitted: Right Solutions 100 / Wrong Solutions 58
Last Week's Solution-E. All the others are made with only 3 lines; E is made with 4 lines.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property?

A: baked, wheat, life, time, wit
B: enchilada, some, mast, number, sale
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Brain Teaser Contest #96--Win A Free Game!
Which one of the five designs is least like the other four?

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Friday, June 17, 2011

An executive went away on a long business trip. Before he left he asked his secretary to forward all of his mail. However, he forgot to give her the key to his mailbox. When he realized his mistake, he mailed the key to his office so the secretary could send his mail to him. But, she never did mail it. The executive got angry and phoned his office, planning to fire his secretary. However, she was able to explain to him why she hadn't sent his mail. He quickly realized he was in the wrong and apologized. What did the secretary say to make the executive realize his error?
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

3 1 4 1 5 9 2...
What are the next three numerals in this series?
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

A snail is at the bottom of a well 30 feet deep. It crawls up 3 feet each day, but at night, it slips down 2 feet. How long does it take for the snail to crawl out the well?
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #96--Win A Free Game!
Which one of the five designs is least like the other four?

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Winner- Parul Saraswat
Submitted: Right Solutions 104 / Wrong Solutions 95
Last Week's Solution-1 hour. It is a wind up clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p,m,
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

What famous group is represented here, though perhaps by different names?

Plato--Archimedes--Solomon
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Find the four digit number in which the first digit is one fourth of the last digit, the second digit is 6 times the first digit, and the third digit is the second digit plus 3.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011

I am eight letters long - “12345678” 
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition. 
My 34567 supports a plant. 
My 4567 is to appropriate. 
My 45 is a friendly thank-you. 
My 678 is a man’s name. 
Q: What word am I?
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Brain Teaser Contest #95--Win A Free Game!
I went to bed at eight 8 'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine 9 'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being awoken by the alarm?
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

What number fits in all of these words/phrases?

Deck
Year
Vietnam
Desert Storm
Singing in the Rain
Solution
What number fits in all of these words/phrases?

Deck
Year
Vietnam
Desert Storm
Singing in the Rain
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

What is the longest word in the English language that consists entirely of vowels (excluding Y)?
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Brain Teaser Contest #95--Win A Free Game!
I went to bed at eight 8 'clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine 9 'clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being awoken by the alarm?
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Winner- Julie Graham
Submitted: Right Solutions 131 / Wrong Solutions 45
Last Week's Solution-1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 and 1:30 ad the last at 2 they will be taken in one hour.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

What king can you make if you take
the head of a lamb
the middle of a pig
the hind of a buffalo
and the tail of a dragon?
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Brain Teaser Contest #94--Win A Free Game!
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills had been taken?
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Friday, June 3, 2011

I am eight letters long - “12345678” 
My 1234 is an atmospheric condition. 
My 34567 supports a plant. 
My 4567 is to appropriate. 
My 45 is a friendly thank-you. 
My 678 is a man’s name. 
Q: What word am I?
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Brain Teaser Contest #94--Win A Free Game!
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills had been taken?
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Daily Brain Teaser

To some people I bring laughs,
For others tears.
I can be about the future,
Or about past years.
I can be educational,
Or just plain dumb.
Come see me with friends,
You are sure to have fun.
What am I?
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible?
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