Daily Brain Teaser for 11/30/2012

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1. What demands an answer, but asks no questions?
2. What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?
3. What can be seen and fills a room but doesn't take up any space?
4. What is long and slim, works in light; has but one eye, and an awful bite?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/29/2012

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all letters, the first of all figures,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/28/2012

Do you know?

1. Which are there more of: millimeters in a mile or seconds in a month?
2. Which is heavier: 1000 kilograms or 1 ton?
3. Which is longer: 250 centimeters or 8 feet?
4. Which is larger: 3 raised to the 5th power or 5 raised to the 3rd power?
5. Which are there more of: ounces in a ton or inches in a kilometer?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/27/2012

Eight and five, last name and given,
We are one six six six even;
The first in cow, the last in oxen
Three in damsel, three in vixen.
What are we called?

Hint:
One of five, I the only one,
One in cat, two in mitten,
Two are odd, five are even
Seven in all, one in seven.
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/26/2012

The Number 8

1. Can you add eight 8's together so they add up to an even one thousand?

2. Without using the + or - signs, arrange five 8s so they equal 9.

3. What is the smallest integer, which, when multiplied by 2 gives a number consisting of only 8's?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/22/2012

Thanksgiving Anagrams
Rearrange the letters to reveal words and phrases connected with Thanksgiving. Spelling counts!
1. g r i m l i p s
2. v e r s a t i l e
3. M e n o v e r b
4. M r. S i d T u c k
5. O h, m e!
6. e a r c l o s e s
7. b o w s h i n e
8. p r a t t l e
9. D e a r P a
10. b e a r d
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/21/2012

The local McDonald's restaurant is giving away Thanksgiving dinners.
To help stimulate business, they are offering :
Big Mac = 32¢
French Fries = 57¢
Quarter Pounder = 74¢
What will a Happy Meal cost?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/20/2012

Uncle Clarance ate more turkey than Uncle Ethan.
Uncle Ethan ate less turkey than Uncle Morton.
Uncle Pete is a vegetarian.

Write "T" if the statement is true, "F" if it is false, and "C" if you cannot tell.

___Uncle Morton ate more turkey than Uncle Ethan.
___Uncle Clarance ate the most turkey.
___Uncle Morton may have eaten more turkey than Uncle Clarance.
___Uncle Pete ate less turkey than Uncle Ethan.
___Uncle Pete ate ham instead of turkey.
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/19/2012

Use a common phone keypad to decode all of these Thanksgiving words.
Example: 887539 = TURKEY

9267___________
74547467_________
33278 __________
47289__________
629356937__________
84265385___________
7867546 743 ______________
533868377______________
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/18/2012

Two quick ones to start the week....

1. You are female. What relationship to you is your father’s only son-in-law’s mother-in-law’s only daughter?

2. How many 9’s do you pass when you start at 1 and count up to 100?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/09/2012

The Number 6

1. Which is correct: Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?

2. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36?

3. A: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,19
B: 12,18,20
What are the groups and why is the number 6 not included?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/08/2012

I'm a 5 digit number,
the first and last digits are the same and add up to an even number.
Multiply that number by its self and the number is under 10 and odd.
That will be the fourth number.
Subtract five from it and it will be the second number.
Divide it in half and that is my third number.
What am I?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/07/2012

Four men and four women are shipwrecked on a desert island. Eventually each one falls in love with one another, and is himself  loved by one person. John falls in love with a girl who is in love with Jim. Arthur loves a girl who loves the man who loves Ellen. Mary is loved by the man who is loved by the girl who is loved by Bruce. Gloria hates Bruce and is hated by the man whom Hazel loves. Enigma: Who loves Arthur?
Solution

Daily Brain Teaser for 11/06/2012

There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
Solution

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Karen has four children that are different ages: 13, 7, 6 and 2. Each of the children has a favorite toy: a robot, cars, Lego's, and blocks. Also each of the children has a favorite holiday: Valentine's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Mother's Day.

Based on the clues below who likes Thanksgiving?

1. Shaun is not old enough for school. She's also the youngest.
2. Dashun does not understand Valentine's Day.
3. Lego's are great for six year olds.
4. Kris prefers cars.
5. Marcy is in love for the first time, which means she loves February 14th.
6. Kris is one of the middle children.
7. Blocks are fun for toddlers.
8. Thanksgiving is the best holiday for the six year old.
9. The second child loves Christmas.
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