Brain Teases



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QUESTION 1 :-
In this type of verse, "first" and "second" and so on refer to the individual letters of a word.
Find the correct letter for each definition or explanation, and complete the word.
My first is in sugar but not in tea
My second in swim but not in sea
My third in apple and also pear
My fourth in ring and also hare
My last in ten but not in herd
My whole a very complimentary word.
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QUESTION 2 :-
A young explorer called his expedition chief in great excitement to report that he had
just found a golden coin marked 6 B.C. The expedition chief fired him. Why?
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QUESTION 3 :-
Who Am I ?
In rush-hour traffic, I claim,
The signature of my last name
Appears in large size
To the road-weary eyes-
Of the thousands who say I'm to blame.
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QUESTION 4 :-
A man bets $24 and gets back his original bet and $48 additional. He spends 25 percent
of his winnings at a restaurant to celebrate, and 50 percent of his winnings to buy a
present for his wife because he was so late, and his salary was $240, from which he
made his original bet. How much money does he have left when he finally arrives home?
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QUESTION 5 :-
George did not have a wristwatch, but he did have an accurate clock. However, he sometimes
forgot to wind his clock. Once when this happened, George went to his sister's house, spent
the evening with her, went back home and set his clock. How could he do this without knowing
beforehand the length of the trip?
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QUESTION 6 :-
Given that there are more people living in Dublin than there are hairs on the head of any
Dubliner, and that no Dubliner is totally bald, does it necessarily follow that there must
be at least two Dubliners with exactly the same number of hairs?
Here is a variant of the same problem: on the island of Alopecia, the following facts are true:
1. No two islanders have exactly the same number of hairs.
2. No islander has precisely 450 hairs.
3. There are more islanders than there are hairs on the head of any one islander.
What is the largest possible number of islanders on Alopecia?
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QUESTION 7 :-
Inside the drawer of a dressing-table in a dark room, there are 28 black socks and 28 brown
socks. What is the minimum number of socks that I must take out of the drawer to guarantee
that I have a matching pair?
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QUESTION 8 :-
Timothy and Urban compete in a car rally, going several times around a closed circuit.
Timothy can drive the circuit in 25 minutes, but Urban takes 30 minutes.
If the two drivers start at the same time, how long will it take Timothy to lap Urban?
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QUESTION 9 :-
These words follow a logical progression:
SUNKEN
MONASTICISM
TUESDAY
WEDGIES
THUMB-SUCKER
FRIVOLITY

Which of these could be next?
SQUANDER
SATIATE
MINE
TABLE
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QUESTION 10 :-
LATERAL THINKING PUZZLE


Tom and Joe went to a movie. There were many other people there. During a quiet scene, Tom drew
a gun. Joe screamed, "Don't shoot!" but Tom shot him. Tom then left. Many people saw Tom leave
and they restrained him. The police arrived and quickly released Tom. Why?

CLUES:
Q: Were they in a normal cinema?
A: Yes.
Q: Did any of the other people there notice the murder?
A: Yes. Everyone did.
Q: Did the police release Tom because he was innocent of any crime?
A: Yes.
Q: Did Tom shoot Joe in self-defense?
A: No.
Q: Were the people who restrained Tom angry with him?
A: No.
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QUESTION 11 :-
Johnny, despite his mother's objections, spent his whole allowance of $2.16 ($2.00, with 16˘
left from last week) on bubble gum. If the pieces of gum had been a penny cheaper, he would
have received three more pieces than he did. How many did he actually buy?
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QUESTION 12 :-
You have an appointment to meet your friend the logic professor during the winter holidays
when she is on vacation. Today is Friday. She has told you to meet her two days after the
day before the day after tomorrow. What day does she expect you?
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QUESTION 13 :-
Find a five-digit number in which the last number is the sum of the first, second, and third;
the third is four less than the last; the fourth is two less than the last; and the first and
fourth added are one less than the last. The last number is also three times the second
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QUESTION 14 :-
The Wantsits were going to buy a used, but serviceable car. Mr. Wantsits was quite upset. He said
he had seen one he liked but it was $6950, and they couldn't afford that much. At least, that's
what he thought it cost. His wife had been shopping around and was pretty sure that she had seen
one for $4575. As it turned out, both of them had faulty memories and were wrong by the identical
amount; one was over and one was under. They had been looking at the same car! What did it really
cost?
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QUESTION 15 :-
Add two letters to the following assortment and arrange all the letters into a new word.
A A C C U
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QUESTION 16 :-
A woman gave birth to two boys on the same date, within about twenty minutes of each other,
and yet they were not twins. How could this be?
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QUESTION 17 :-
You are in an airplane which is flying 500 miles an hour through the air. If you throw a ball
above you and it spends five seconds in the air, how far behind you will it land?
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QUESTION 18 :-
Very few people bother to determine what an amazing potential for overpopulation they have.
Let us consider yours. If you and your wife have a meager two children, it would seem you are
not adding much to the world. But let's suppose that in 5 years each of your children has two
children. In another 25 years, each grandchild has two kids. In another 25 years, each
great-grandchild has two offspring-and so on for a thousand years. How many descendants would
you have?
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QUESTION 19 :-
If you could fold a sheet of rice paper one thousandth of an inch thick exactly fifty times,
how thick would the resulting wad be?
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QUESTION 20 :-
In thirty seconds or less, give the number that is double one half of 99,637,543,667,345
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QUESTION 21 :-
What is the smallest integer that can be expressed as the sum of two squares in three different ways? The answer is less than 500.
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QUESTION 22 :-
If 8-22-5-22-13 equates to seven, and 7-4-12 makes two, how would you write ten?
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