Sunday, July 31, 2011

Brainteaser for July 31, 2011

Brainteaser for July 31, 2011

Question:
Four brothers go to a dance. As they leave each one of the brothers accidentally takes a hat belonging one of his brother's and a coat belonging to yet another brother.
Maurice took the coat belonging to the brother whose hat was taken by Phil while Phil's coat w as taken by the brother who took Maurice's hat.
Sam took John's hat.

Whose coats and hats did Maurice and Phil take?

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Brainteaser for July 29, 2011

Brainteaser for July 29, 2011

Question:
We place in a box thirteen white marbles and fifteen black. We also have twenty-eight black marbles outside the box.

We remove two marbles from the box. If they have a different colour, we put the white one back in the box. If they have the same colour, we put a black marble in the box. We continue doing this until only one marble is left in the box.

What is it's colour?

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Brainteaser for July 27, 2011

Brainteaser for July 27, 2011

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:72
Take five sixths:??
Take 55 percent:??
Divide by 11:??
Multiply by 48:??
Take the Square root:??
Multiply by 9:??
Triple It:??
Subtract 278:??
Multiply by 5:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Brainteaser for July 26, 2011

Brainteaser for July 26, 2011

Question:
There is a nine digit number with each of the digits from 1 to 9 appearing once. The whole number is divisible by 9. If you remove the rightmost number the remaining 8 digit number is divisible by 8. Remove the rightmost number again and the remaining 7 digit numbe r is divisible by 7. This pattern continues right down to a single digit.

What is the number?

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Brainteaser for July 25, 2011

Brainteaser for July 25, 2011

Question:
Mary's father has three daughters. The oldest is named April, the second May. What is the name of the youngest?

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Brainteaser for July 23, 2011

Brainteaser for July 23, 2011

Question:
Unscramble the 13 letters below to find the common english word: E I E A E M T N T N T N R

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Brainteaser for July 22, 2011

Brainteaser for July 22, 2011

Question:
The ages of Old and Young total forty-eight. Old is twice as old as Young was when Old was half as old as Young will be when Young is three times as old as Old was when Old was three times as old as Young.

How old is Old?

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Brainteaser for July 21, 2011

Brainteaser for July 21, 2011

Question:
Six seamstresses could sew six seams in twenty minutes. How many seamstresses would be needed to sew thirty-six seams in two hours?

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Brainteaser for July 20, 2011

Brainteaser for July 20, 2011

Question:
At a reception, 1/4 of the guests left at a certain time. Later, 2/5 of the remaining left. Finally, 3/4 of those left left. If there were 9 people left, how many went to the reception originally?

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Brainteaser for July 19, 2011

Brainteaser for July 19, 2011

Question:
My first is in fish but not in snail. My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is up but not in down. My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see. My whole a food for you and me. What am I?

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Brainteaser for July 18, 2011

Brainteaser for July 18, 2011

Question:
I am a word of 11 letters.
My 4 9 5 is worn on the head.
My 10 9 1 11 is a narrow road.
My 11 2 3 4 5 is a number.
My 8 6 7 is a spirit.
My whole is an excellent songster.

What am I?

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Brainteaser for July 17, 2011

Brainteaser for July 17, 2011

Question:
Complete the following analogy:

B Sharp is to C as Bach is to?

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Brainteaser for July 16, 2011

Brainteaser for July 16, 2011

Question:
The land of Liars and Truthtellers has a town crier. You approach a group of three locals one of which you are certain is the town crier. You are not sure whether these men are Liars or Truthtellers or a combination of both. They each make a single statement:
A: I am not the town crier.
B: The town crier is a Liar
C: All three of us are Liars.

Who is the town crier?

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Brainteaser for July 15, 2011

Brainteaser for July 15, 2011

Question:
I recently returned from a trip. Today is Friday. I returned four days before the day after the day before tomorrow. On what day did I return?

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Brainteaser for July 14, 2011

Brainteaser for July 14, 2011

Question:
If you wrote down all the numbers from 1 to 100, how many times would you write down the number 3?

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Brainteaser for July 13, 2011

Brainteaser for July 13, 2011

Question:
A student was sent to detention for misbehaving in class. The teacher wanting to keep him occupied for some time directed the student to add up all the numbers from 1 to 1000. The student thought for moment and gave the answer 500 500. Was he right? and if so ho w did he come up with the answer so fast?

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Brainteaser for July 12, 2011

Brainteaser for July 12, 2011

Question:
Word Square:

Below are the clues to the six words of a word square. A word square reads the same across as it does down.
1. Does wrong to
2. Commotion
3. Extortionist
4. Struggled vigorously
5. Team
6. Calm

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Brainteaser for July 11, 2011

Brainteaser for July 11, 2011

Question:
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 wi ll allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Brainteaser for July 10, 2011

Brainteaser for July 10, 2011

Question:
If 8-22-5-22-13 equates to seven and 7-4-12 is two what is ten?

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Brainteaser for July 9, 2011

Brainteaser for July 9, 2011

Question:
Sam the journalist has landed a job somewhere. The problem is, he doesn't know where. All he knows is that it is in one of 6 cities lined up in a row in northern Canada: Eh Land, Hockeyville, Curling Town, Snowburg, New France, and Canada City. However his employer has l eft clues.

1. Curling Town is 2 cities away from the job's location.
2. Hockeyville is 3 cities away from Snowburg.
3. Snowburg is on the right end.
4. New France is not the location.
5. Eh Land is 3 cities from Curling Town.
6. Canada City is 4 cities away from Snowburg.
7. Eh Land is next to the location and another place that isn't the location.

Sam is lazy, so he is paying you to find out where he is working.

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Brainteaser for July 8, 2011

Brainteaser for July 8, 2011

Question:
What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time, the beginning of every end and the end of every place?

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Brainteaser for July 7, 2011

Brainteaser for July 7, 2011

Question:
My 4 children: Robert David Melissa and Bailey, had a race across the yard. David was as many places behind Melissa as Bailey was ahead of Robert. Melissa was not first and Robert was not second. What order did they come in?

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Brainteaser for July 6, 2011

Brainteaser for July 6, 2011

Question:
Ryan and Craig were identical twins born in Seattle in 1961. Ryan was born before Craig, but according to their birth certificates, Craig was older than Ryan.

How come?

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Brainteaser for July 5, 2011

Brainteaser for July 5, 2011

Question:
Unscramble this word:
GORNSIMMAROCI

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Brainteaser for July 4, 2011

Brainteaser for July 4, 2011

Question:
Our planet spins counterclockwise on it's axis and revolves around the sun counterclockwise. If both were switched to clockwise, how would this affect the apparent direction of sunrise and sunset?

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Brainteaser for July 3, 2011

Brainteaser for July 3, 2011

Question:
1. I am always excited
2. I tell people where things are at
3. You can play a game on me
4. I'm very rich
5. I give percentages
6. I am always looking up
7. And.........
8. I look like a light in the sky
9. I keep things arranged that are to my right
10. I keep things arranged that are to my left

What Are We?

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Brainteaser for July 2, 2011

Brainteaser for July 2, 2011

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:98
Take two sevenths:??
Triple It:??
Add 78:??
Take 50 percent:??
Subtract 63:??
Multiply by 6:??
Take six ninths:??
Divide by 3:??
Multiply by 5:??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Brainteaser for July 1, 2011

Brainteaser for July 1, 2011

Question:
Place the digits 1 to 9 using each digit only once so that:

The 1 and the 2 and all the numbers between them add up to 12

The 2 and the 3 and all the numbers between them add up to 23

The 3 and the 4 and all the numbers between them add up to 34
The 4 and the 5 and all the numbers between them add up to 45 .

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