Question: What is the next letter in the series? F S T F F S ?Click here to get the answer.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Brainteaser for January 30, 2010
Question: In preparation for a party, Heather fills a large jar with gum drops. Before the party begins, Michael sees the gum drop jar. He takes one third of the drops. Soon after, Tanya takes one third of the gum drops. Finally Britt appears and takes one third of the gumdrops. If there are 40 left, how many were originally in the jar.Click here to get the answer.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Brainteaser for January 29, 2010
Question: Once there was a farmer who had three sons. One day he took sick and knew he was going to die. He called his sons and told them to take one coin and buy something that would fill the room. The two eldest sons could not fill the room completely but the youngest son, having bought two small objects with his coin, filled the room. What did he buy?Click here to get the answer.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Brainteaser for January 28, 2010
Question: Math Chain:
What is the answer at the end of the chain? Click here to get the answer.
| Start with: | 56 |
| Take three sevenths: | ?? |
| Multiply by 8: | ?? |
| subtract 96: | ?? |
| Take five eighths: | ?? |
| Triple it: | ?? |
| divide by 5: | ?? |
| Double it: | ?? |
| Divide by 12: | ?? |
| Multiply by itself: | ?? |
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Brainteaser for January 27, 2010
Question: Here is a cryptarithm a mathmatical equation that substitutes letters for numbers. The same letter stands for the same number wherever it appears. P M A P M A --------- R P M You are told R P and M are all even. Replace the letters with the appropriate numbers.Click here to get the answer.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Brainteaser for January 26, 2010
Question: A man died and went to heaven. There were many thousands of people there. They were all naked and everyone looked as they had at the age of 21. He was looking around to see if he recognized anyone when he saw a couple he knew immediately that it was Adam and Eve. How did he know?Click here to get the answer.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Brainteaser for January 25, 2010
Question: The following equation can be made true by adding 2 minus signs and 1 plus sign in places on the left side of the equation. The numbers without signs between them will just join to form single numbers like (12-345+67-89) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100 Click here to get the answer.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Brainteaser for January 24, 2010
Question: Math Chain:
What is the answer at the end of the chain? Click here to get the answer.
| Start with: | 8 |
| Multiply by itself: | ?? |
| Triple It: | ?? |
| Divide by 4: | ?? |
| Subtract 19: | ?? |
| Multiply by 4: | ?? |
| Double it: | ?? |
| Subtract 117: | ?? |
| Divide by 5: | ?? |
| Add 74: | ?? |
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Brainteaser for January 23, 2010
Question: When young I am sweet in the sun.When middle-aged I make you gay.When old I am valued more than ever.What am I?Click here to get the answer.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Brainteaser for January 22, 2010
Question: My first is in ocean but not in seaMy second in milk but not in meMy third in three but not in throwMy fourth in vow but not in crowMy fifth in eight but not in nightMy last in wrong and also rightMy whole is praise for thoughts or menOr women too or tongue or pen.What am I?Click here to get the answer.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Brainteaser for January 21, 2010
Question: Make as many common english words as you can with the following letters using each letter only once and no additional letters.E C R T UI have 5 how many can you get?Click here to get the answer.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Brainteaser for January 20, 2010
Question: In the land of Liars and Truthtellers there were two families a little different from the general population. The Smith's who told the truth only in the morning and lie in the afternoon and the Jones' who speak the truth only in the afternoon and lie in the morning. A group of 5 people from these two families are in the park as you come along. Being friendly you ask who is who and get the following responses: A: My last name is Jones or it is morning B: My last name is Smith or it is afternoon C: D and E are from the same family D: A is from the Smith family E: B is a Jones Is it morning or afternoon and who is who?Click here to get the answer.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Brainteaser for January 19, 2010
Question: A bathtub has separate taps for hot and cold water. With the cold water tap you can fill the tub in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. With the hot water tap it takes exactly 8 minutes. If the tub is full and you pull out the stopper it takes 13 minutes and 20 seconds for the tub to drain. If you leave the stopper out and open both the hot and cold water taps how long will it take to fill the tub? Click here to get the answer.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Geek Set Free
A couple of years ago I made up a webpage for my site as a joke for friends. It`s a brief documentation of some extended time off I had that year. It`s gotten enough attention that I decided to post it on it`s own site for all to see.WWW.GEEKSETFREE.COM.
Brainteaser for January 18, 2010
Question: Four couples enter a restaurant. how many ways can they be seated at a round table so that the men and women alternate and no husband and wife sit next to each other? Assume all the couples are a man and a woman and are married.Click here to get the answer.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Brainteaser for January 17, 2010
Question: What is the product of the following series: (x-a) (x-b) (x-c) .....(x-z)?Click here to get the answer.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Brainteaser for January 16, 2010
Question: A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 3 meters upwards but at night it slides 2 meters back downwards. How many days does it take before the snail reaches the top?Click here to get the answer.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Brainteaser for January 15, 2010
Question: What do the following words have in common? ahoy chin flux hint know most belowClick here to get the answer.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Brainteaser for January 14, 2010
Question: A gentleman leaves home proceeds a short distance and turns left. He goes another short distance and turns left again. He goes another short distance then goes home. As he nears home he sees two masked men. Who are the two masked men?Click here to get the answer.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Brainteaser for January 13, 2010
Question: What is the next combination of letters in the series? ALM BKN CJO DIP EHQ ???Click here to get the answer.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Brainteaser for January 12, 2010
Question: There are 3 black hats and 2 white hats in a box. Three children (we will call them Robert, David, and Melissa) each reach into the box and place one of the hats on their own head. They cannot see what color hat they have chosen. The children are situated in a way that Robert can see the hats on David and Melissa's heads, David can only see the hat on Melissa's head, and Melissa cannot see any hats. When Robert is asked if he knows the color of the hat he is wearing he says no. When David is asked if he knows the color of the hat he is wearing he says no. When Melissa is asked if she knows the color of the hat she is wearing she says yes and she is correct. What color hat is she wearing and how did she know for certain?Click here to get the answer.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Brainteaser for January 11, 2010
Question: What is it no man would ever want and no man would ever want to lose?Click here to get the answer.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Brainteaser for January 10, 2010
Question: If there were a tunnel extended all the from where you're standing through the center of the earth and on to the other side what would happen if you were to jump in? Would you fall all the way through to the other side?Click here to get the answer.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Brainteaser for January 9, 2010
Question: Here is a word written in a code in which each set of two-digit numbers represents a letter. Can you decipher the word? 41 51 55 55 32 15 44 Here are a couple of hints:
1. Notice that 5 is the highest number used.
2. Think rows and columns.Click here to get the answer.
1. Notice that 5 is the highest number used.
2. Think rows and columns.Click here to get the answer.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Brainteaser for January 8, 2010
Question: " Fill in the letters to complete the following word which means ""fullfilled achieved"" C O _ _ _ E _ E _"Click here to get the answer.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
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