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BRAIN TEASERS
1. Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months have 28 days? 2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it? 3. If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a woodburning stove, which would you light first? 4. There is a house with four walls. Each wall faces south. There is a window in each wall. A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear? 5. Is half of two plus two equal to two or three? 6. Do they have a 4th of July in England? 7. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark with him? 8. How far can a dog run into the woods? 9. What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th. 10. Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's sister? 11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field? 12. What is it that goes up and goes down but does not move? 13. I have in my hand only 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value. One is not a nickel. What are the coins? 14. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many did he have left? 15. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the answer? |
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Fab: Hey, I don't know how ACCURATE this is BUT. . .
YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST! It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read ... Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun. 1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have a chocolate (more than once but less than 10) 2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold) 3. Add 5 4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator 5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1756 ....If you haven't, add 1755. 6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born. You should have a three digit number The first digit of this was your original number (i.e., how many times you want to have a chocolate each week). The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!) THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2006) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS |
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Brain Teasers
ANSWERS: 1. All 12 have 28 days 2. 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two. 3. Light the match first. 4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North pole, and the bear, therefore, is a polar bear. 5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the mathematical orders of operation, division is performed before addition. So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three. 6. Yes, and a 5th, a 6th, ... 7. I thought Noah brought 2 of each animal, not Moses 8. Halfway, then he would be running out of the woods. 9. The time/month/date/year of an American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78. 10. No. You can't marry someone if you're dead! 11. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack. 12. The temperature. 13. A half-dollar and a nickel. (Only one was not a nickel) 14. 9 sheep 15. 70 |
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Rhyme Time
Find the synonymous word for each word in the following pair. For each pair, the words you find should rhyme with each other, the first word being an adjective and the second a noun. Some of these are easy, others are more challenging. Good luck! For example: angry father = mad dad Depressed circus entertainer = Not living center of a pencil = Cool film = Not soft protector = |
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What am I?
I am not a human, nor am I an animal. I have eyes, but cannot see, and I have hair that you cannot comb. My brown skin has several layers but this seems a paradox, because one is smooth and the other is hard. My skin protects my soft white flesh; and within my flesh is my opaque blood. What am I? |
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Here's another:
I'm at the end of a 'mean solar day', and I'm at the end of a 'sidereal day'. I'm at the beginning of yesterday and yore, but you cannot find me at the end of a month or anywhere in time. What am I? |
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Hristmas Arols
Language brain teaser are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Unlike the title of the teaser, these clues only have the first letters of each of the words. Can you figure out what songs they are? 1. CROAOF 2. IDOAWC 3. RTRNRHAVSN 4. GGROBAR 5. IHABCWY 6. ISMKSC 7. OTFDOCMTLGTM 8. FTSMWAJHS 9. IBMBOJHSSOM 10. JBJBJBR |
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Professional Anagrams 2
Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. One Word 1. Stamp on 2. For trees 3. Remit sin 4. Menial cop 5. Court poser Two Words (first word is "a" or "the") 6. Dints teeth 7. He tots income 8. Sit, chat, pay, sir 9. I seen at birth cot 10. Their art's caustic Two Words 11. Spirit shaper 12. Poles gather a report Bonus (two jobs, middle word is "and") 13. Mass dress alteration |
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Ok, so we've all said some stupid or embarrassing things without realising it. Can you decode these very stupid quotes? The same code is used for all of them.
1 Reg no ln eve rofri aeh tnig nahot dem ee sl labe hty alper noit omw olsni yleg narts. -Dleif cadi vad 2 Esla fera sed nolb tuob aseil ts om. -(eni ldaeh tno rf) Rat ssemit it annic nic 3 Rev irdeh tylla usu tna pucco en oyl noev ahs daor ru ono sra cts om. -Nam owrohc na cbb aila mlorac. |
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Every clue below can be answered with a two word phrase in which each word contains OR. Your job is to figure out what they are. Good luck.
1. Title for the head of London 2. Largest city in the Beaver State 3. Northern Lights 4. Author of 1984 5. Piece of paper you fill out in a catalog 6. Twining plant with funnel-shaped flowers 7. Pyongyang's country 8. Neighborhood place to buy a quart of milk Hint The initials are: 1. L M 2. P O 3. A B 4. G O 5. O F 6. M G 7. N K 8. C S |
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Answer Depressed circus entertainer = Down Clown Not living center of a pencil = Dead Lead Cool film = Groovy Movie Not soft protector = Hard Guard |
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Answer A coconut |
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Answer 1. A Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...) 2. White Christmas (I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...) 3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose...) 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Grandma got run over by a reindeer...) 5. Blue Christmas (I'll have a blue Christmas without you...) 6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus...) 7. The 12 Days of Christmas (On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...) 8. Frosty, the Snowman (Frosty, the snowman, was a jolly, happy soul...) 9. I'm Gettin' Nothin' for Christmas (I broke my bat on Johnny's head, somebody snitched on me...) 10. Jingle Bell Rock (Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock...) |
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Answer 1. Postman 2. Forester 3. Minister 4. Policeman 5. Prosecutor 6. The dentist 7. The economist 8. A psychiatrist 9. The obstetrician 10. The caricaturists 11. Parish priest 12. Telegraph operators 13. Seamstress and tailor |
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Answer The quotes are only backwards. 1. Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. -David Acfield 2. Most lies about blondes are false. -Cincinatti Times Star (front headline). 3. Most cars on our roads have only one occupant, usually the driver. -Carol Malia, BBC anchorwoman |
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Answer The letter 'Y'. |
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Answer 1. Lord Mayor 2. Portland Oregon 3. Aurora Borealis 4. George Orwell 5. Order Form 6. Morning Glory 7. North Korea 8. Corner Store |
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