Just for fun for your New Years Eve - Some Crazy Facts - Happy New Year from A FUN ZONE...

1. In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

2. Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented.. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only*Ladies Forbidden"*and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

3. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

4. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

5. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

6. Coca-Cola was originally green.

7. It is impossible to lick your elbow.

8. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

9. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

10. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

11. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:
Spades * King David
Hearts * Charlemagne
Clubs * Alexander, The Great
Diamonds * Julius Caesar

12. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

13. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.

14. Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

15. Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.

16. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

17. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

18. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

19. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts* So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

20. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they
used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.


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~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Brain Teaser 12/30/2013

Ten $5.00 bills, ten $10.00 bills and ten $20.00 bills are in a box.
A blind-folded person must remove the bills from the box. The contest ends when a person removes three same bills (example: Three $5.00 bills).
What is the most amount of money a person can remove from the box?
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/29/2013

Three people split a $30 dinner tab paying $10 each. They do not include a tip. As they are leaving, the manager realizes that they should have only been charged $25 for their meal. He gives a $5 bill to their waiter and tells him to refund their money. The waiter decides, since he was not tipped, to keep $2 and give the 3 people back only $1 each.
The three people have now paid a total of $27 for their meal (the original $30 they paid less the $3 they just got back from the waiter) and the waiter has $2 that he kept, for a total of $29.
If they originally paid $30 for their meal, where did the extra $1 go?
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Brain Teaser 12/28/2013

What are these?

1st January 2010 800 x 600 pixels
1st January 2011 1280 x1024 pixels
1st January 2012 1600 x 1200 pixels
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/26/2013

These words belong to the same logical family:
CALCIFEROUS
CUPELLATION
EDUCATION
LACTIFEROUS
OUTDISTANCE
PNEUMONIA

Which of these words does too?
ZYMOTICALLY
ABSTEMIOUS
UNAPOSTOLIC
MEDALLION
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Brain Teaser 12/25/2013

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:

ReindeerComet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.

Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?
Solution

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Brain Teaser 12/24/2013

Follow the steps to change one string of letters to a different one. The starting string is NONSPEAKINGSOLDIER, and your clue for the ending string's pun is "Christmas!"
1) Eliminate all 15's.
2) Eliminate all 14's.
3) Remove the summit.
4) Change "DIE" into its antonym.
5) Change the last five letters to "the opposite of day".
6) Eliminate the second 19.
7) Eliminate the first 7.
8) Insert 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14.
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/23/2013

1. Dexter and Amy were cleaning up after a wonderful Christmas dinner.
"What a great day," Dexter said, "only 365 days until the next one."
"No, it's more," Amy corrected. How?

2. A woman enters into a party and a man kisses her on the lips. Suddenly, the woman's face turns blue, and she faints. Why?

3. When does Oct 31 = Dec 25 make sense?
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/22/2013

1. WHAT DOES THIS EQUAL?
12=DD + 11=PP + 10=LL + 9=LD + 8=MM + 7=SS + 6=GL + 5=GR + 4=CB + 3=FH + 2=TD + 1=PPT = ?

2. True or False -- One Indiana town is called Santa Claus?
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/21/2013

I have, in a sense, everlasting life.
My brothers grow old and brittle while I stay ripe.
I am greatly appreciated and adorned with jewels,
and my head has a crown, it's beautiful.
For most of my life I have braved cold, or heat,
but where I am taken it's always warm,
But my fame cannot last.
The jewels are taken off, along with my crown,
and I am shunned until my successor arrives
in one year.
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/20/2013

Christmas Letters

1. What is the last letter in this group?
DDPVCCD_

2. 12 D of C

3. 2 T D and a P in a P T

4. 2 F T = A I W for C
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Brain Teaser 12/19/2013

I have, in a sense, everlasting life.
My brothers grow old and brittle while I stay ripe.
I am greatly appreciated and adorned with jewels,
and my head has a crown, it's beautiful.
For most of my life I have braved cold, or heat,
but where I am taken it's always warm,
But my fame cannot last.
The jewels are taken off, along with my crown,
and I am shunned until my successor arrives
in one year.
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/18/2013

Help Beethoven use these clues below to decipher these popular Christmas/Holiday tunes.
Example: A Triad of Monarchs
Answer: We Three Kings

1. Shiny grey chimes
2. Cherubim from areas of splendor
3. O petite metropolis where Jesus was born
4. The infant Saint Nick
5. It occurred on the bewitching hour
6. Chant we now of Jesus's birthday!
7. One little newborn
8. Seraphim we have perceived on elevation
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/16/2013

Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Can you figure out what songs they are?
1. CROAOF
2. IDOAWC
3. RTRNRHAVSN
4. GGROBAR
5. IHABCWY
6. ISMKSC
7. OTFDOCMTLGTM
8. FTSWAJHS
9. IBMBOJHSSOM
10. JBJBJBR
Solution
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Brain Teaser 12/15/2013

I can help with special occasions,
Birthdays, Christmas, all celebrations.
You need scissors and sticky tape,
Brains and fingers.
Make sure you have something inside of it.
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/14/2013

The song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' has many presents:

A partridge in a pear tree
Two turtle doves
Three french hens
Four calling birds
Five golden rings
Six geese a-laying
Seven swans a-swimming
Eight maids a-milking
Nine drummers drumming
Ten pipers piping
Eleven dancers dancing
Twelve lords a-leaping

Throughout the entire song, including all twelve 'verses', which present(s) shows up most often?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/13/2013

1. Tom is older than Sue, and Sue is younger than Mary, who is older than Tom. Who is the oldest of the three?

2. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

3. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how many rungs are under water?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/12/2013

1. Homonyms are words that sound alike, though they are spelled differently. (Example: to, two, too) One pair of homonyms has meanings that are precisely opposite, and need not be stretched. What are the two spellings of this homonym?

2. Grandma sent Johnny some money for his birthday. Johnny spent all of it in five stores. In each store, he spent $1.00 more than half of what he had when he came in. How much money did he get from grandma?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/11/2013

My head and tail both equal are,
My middle slender as a bee.
Whether I stand on head or heel
Is quite the same to you or me.
But if my head should be cut off,
The matter's true, though passing strange
Directly I to nothing change.
What am I?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/10/2013

1. Four people can sit at a table in twenty-four different arrangements. How many arrangements are possible for seating eight people?

2. Soon little Freddie will celebrate his tenth birthday. In 11 years Freddie will reach half the average age of his parents. His mother is only 17 years older than her son. How old are Freddie's father and mother.

3. Unscramble the following letters to form a word.
R E I A E T N S R A S B
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/09/2013

You've bought your weekly egg supply at the local farm store. The first morning you have company for breakfast and use half the eggs plus one-half an egg. The next morning you use one-half of what's left plus one-half an egg. The third morning you use one-half of what's left plus one-half an egg, and on the fourth morning, you're down to one solitary egg, so you make French toast. In all this cooking, you've never had one-half an egg to carry over to the next day. How many eggs did you buy originally?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/08/2013

Is Math Fun?

1. When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?

2. If 7/28 of 64 is 16 and 9/12 of 100 is 75 and 3/9 of 33 is 11, what is 5/15 of 45?

3. Which three-digit number, made of consecutive digits, like 567, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/07/2013

1. A man named Stewart is traveling all over the world. First he travels to Cape Town in South Africa. Then to Jakarta in Indonesia. Then to Canberra in Australia. Then to Rome in Italy. Then to Panama in Panama. Where does he travel next?

2. Rhonda will go see ballet but not opera. Her favorite number is eight and she doesn’t like nine. She likes salmon but not trout. She hates Mondays but likes Wednesdays. Does she use a comb or a brush?

3. A man driving through the woods hit a rabbit. Quickly stopping his car he pours a bottle of liquid over the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up and walks back into the woods waving goodbye all the way. What was in the bottle?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/06/2013

It's All About Years

1. What happened in the middle of the twentieth century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?

2. What occurs four times in every week, twice in every month, only once in a year but never in a day?

3. What year comes next in this sequence:
1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, _____
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/05/2013

Two Series Puzzles

1. What are the next two letters in the following series and why?

W A T N T L I T F S _ _

2. What letter is next in the series?

U, D, T, C, C, S, S?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/04/2013

I know what my job is,
The point has been made.
You say I have a big head,
And you're right, I'm afraid.
Put me in my place,
And then leave me alone.
What I need most,
Is someone to drive me home.
What am I?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/03/2013

Think of words ending in 'gry'. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/02/2013

FOOD....

1. What food never goes bad by natural means?

2. A man named Tom walks into a restaurant for lunch. He asks the waitress if she is good at solving puzzles. She replies, "I am the best." So Tom says, "I'll have sausage and noodles drenched with ice cream, hashed. And if you bring me what I really want I'll leave you a $100 tip." A few minutes later she brought him exactly what he wanted, and he left her the large tip. What did Tom really eat for lunch?
Solution

Brain Teaser 12/01/2013

You are a cook in a remote area with no clocks or other way of keeping time other than a four minute sandglass timer and a seven minute sandglass timer. (The kind you turn over - hourglass shaped) You do have a stove, however, with water in a pot already boiling. Somebody asks you for a nine-minute egg, and you know this person is a perfectionist and will be able to tell if you undercook or overcook the eggs by even a few seconds. What is the least amount of time it will take to prepare the egg? And how will you prepare it so that it is neither undercooked or overcooked?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/30/2013

"One Word Solutions"

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

Brain Teaser 11/28/2013

You are on your way home after Thanksgiving with the family. You fill the gas tank of your nice new small car, which holds l0 gallons and gives you 25 miles to the gallon. That should get you home easily, as home is 220 miles away. Unfortunately, about 20 miles from home, the car stops, and you discover the tank is dry--obviously a leak, because you can see drops dripping. How many gallons of gasoline have you lost?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/27/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/26/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/25/2013

Ann, Mike, Lyn, and Bill, whose last names are Juarez, Newton, Myers, and Ken, each have a favorite Thanksgiving dish - turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Sort out the clues and match up everything.

1. Juarez has her favorite dish after the main meal.

2. Mike loves his favorite dish with lots of onion and celery in it.

3. Myers has her favorite dish served in slices (light and dark).

4. Ann hates sweets.

5. Newton is allergic to cranberries.
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/24/2013

1. The world's largest turkey was on display at a fair. Everyone was admiring it when suddenly a woman ran up and shot the turkey and left. Everyone knew her yet nobody made any attempts to stop or report her. Why?

2. What are unhappy cranberries called?

3. What part of the Turkey has the most feathers?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/23/2013

4 Thanksgiving Riddles
1. If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?

2. Why do pilgrim's pants always fall down?

3. Why did the turkey rush his lunch?

4. What sound does a space turkey make?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/22/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/21/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/20/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/19/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/18/2013

Three Relationship Teasers 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. What is the closest relation that your mother's sister-in-law's brother-in-law could be to you?

3. A friend of mine’s grandmother is younger than his father. How can this be possible?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/17/2013

Mixed Up numbers and Time Teasers...

1. Between noon and midnight, but not counting these times, how often will the minute hand and hour hand of a clock overlap?

2. If nine thousand, nine hundred nine dollars is written as $9,909,
how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred twelve dollars be written?

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

Brain Teaser 11/16/2013

You have 1023 lemons and 10 bags. You have to distribute these lemons in these 10 bags in any way you choose. But when I ask for a certain number of lemons you have to give them in terms of bags without transferring the lemons from other bags. How do you distribute the lemons?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/15/2013

Four of the words below have one significant feature in common which distinguishes them from the fifth word. Which is the odd man out?
REACT
TRACE
CATER
SCARE
CARTE
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/14/2013

Which one of the five designs is least like the other four? 

Solution

Brain Teaser 11/12/2013

1. Robert and David were preparing to have a water balloon fight. "No Fair" cried Robert, "You have 3 times as many as I do!" David said "Fine!" and gave Robert 10 more balloons. "Still not fair!" argued Robert, "You still have twice as many as I do." How many more balloons must David give Robert for them to have the same number?

2. A pregnant woman is preparing to name her seventh child. Her children's names so far are Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child -- Jessica, Katie, Abby or Tilly?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/11/2013

A woman was sitting in her hotel room when there was a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said, "Oh I'm sorry. I have made a mistake. I thought this was my room." He then went off down the corridor to the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security to have the man apprehended. What made the woman so suspicious of the man.
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/9/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/8/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/7/2013

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

Brain Teaser 11/6/2013

1. 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?

2. If you rearrange the letters UGNAIA, you would have the name of a...
River - Planet - City - Animal - Plant
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/5/2013

1. An old lady left $33,333 to be divided equally among two fathers and two sons and each was to receive $11,111.
How was this possible?

2. There is one in a minute and two in a moment, but only one in a million years. What is it?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/4/2013

Three Quickies
1. What kind of room has no windows or doors?

2. A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents.
What time is it?

3. "My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 140 years. Can you tell me my age in years?"
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/2/2013

Twice ten are six of us,
Six are but three of us,
Nine are but four of us;
What can we possibly be?
Would you know more of us?
Twelve are but six of us,
Five are but four, do you see?
What are we?
Solution

Brain Teaser 11/1/2013

Lies, Almost All Lies Here are ten numbered statements. How many of them are true?
1 Exactly one of these statements is false.
2 Exactly two of these statements are false.
3 Exactly three of these statements are false.
4 Exactly four of these statements are false.
5 Exactly five of these statements are false.
6 Exactly six of these statements are false.
7 Exactly seven of these statements are false.
8 Exactly eight of these statements are false.
9 Exactly nine of these statements are false.
10 Exactly ten of these statements are false.
Solution

Brain Teaser 10/31/2013

I can contort into many fantastic shapes, and
can form one thing even after being run through a grate.
I can appear in many different guises, and
Am to be won among Halloween prizes.
WHAT AM I?
Solution

Brain Teaser 10/30/2013

Halloween was almost over, and Mr. Green had less than 20 candies left. When the doorbell rang, he thought he would give all the candies away. When he opened the door, there were two trick or treaters. He wanted to give away the candies evenly, but he noticed that when he divided the candies in two, there was one left over. At that point, he saw another trick or treater behind the first two. He tried to divide the candies evenly among the three of them, but again one was left over. Finally, another trick or treater came to his door, making it four trick or treaters altogether. Mr. Green still had one candy left over after dividing the left over candies in fours. How many candies did Mr. Green have left when the doorbell rang?
Solution

Brain Teaser 10/29/2013

It was Halloween night. An evil goblin kidnapped some children who were out trick-or-treating and gave them the option of how they would die. They could either have their brains eaten by worms, be buried alive in a mass grave or tossed into a pit of poisonous snakes. If any of them survived, they would then be set free. One especially bright child thought of the choice that saved them all. Which one would you choose and why?
Solution

Brain Teaser 10/28/2013

The kids on Abracadabra Street counted all of their Halloween candy. They had 18 pieces of candy in all.

Abby had fewer than 4 pieces of candy.
Billy had twice as much as Abby.
Charlie had twice as much as Billy.
David had 2 pieces more than Abby.

How many pieces of candy did each kid have?
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Brain Teaser 10/26/2013

Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property?

A: hallow, car, eight, cart
B: cant, harp, mar, ball
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Brain Teaser 10/25/2013

As you are reading this message, you will notice some spelling errors. Do not be frigtened, however. This is how you must anelyze:
First, find al of the missing, repeated, or incorrect letters.
Second, alow yurself to look at these and look at the wword that is represinted.
Finally, tell me a numbur that most commonnly is associated with the word.
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Brain Teaser 10/24/2013

What number should appear in the last orange spot?

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Brain Teaser 10/23/2013

A boy was in detention from talking too much when the teacher was talking. The detention teacher said, "You have to produce a 1000 word essay in 30 seconds...GO!!"

The boy actually did it. How?

Note: he did not just write "A 1000 word essay" on his paper. You'll have to be a little more clever than that.
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Brain Teaser 10/22/2013

1. A friend of mine’s grandmother is younger than his father. How can this be possible?

2. He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painfull in love, One painfull in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 words I must be?

3. When can you add two to eleven and get one?
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Brain Teaser 10/21/2013

The local library decided to hand out some of its old books to its 1400 borrowers. To each of the female borrowers they gave 6 books and to each male borrower they gave 4 books. If only half of the females in town and three quarters of the males in town accepted the books how many books were given away?
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Brain Teaser 10/19/2013

1. How many dollars would you have left if you started with $20.00 and took 30lbs worth of candy corn which costs 13 cents a pound?

2.  Below are 3 anagrams of holidays. Can you figure them out?
a. Charm sits
b. Art see
c. Ale hen low
Solution

Brain Teaser 10/18/2013

1. Which would you rather have, an old hundred dollar bill or a new one?

2. Picture an empty, clear wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way. Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string. How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork or the bottle?
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Brain Teaser 10/17/2013

One hundred business people gather at a meeting. 85 of them carry a cellular phone, 80 of them have a beeper, 75 of them speak at least two languages and 70 of them wear a suit. Therefore, a certain number of them have all of the above: a cell phone AND a beeper AND speak at least two languages AND wear a suit. Out of these 100 businesspeople, what is the least possible number who have all of the above?
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Brain Teaser 10/16/2013

1. Brad Doe works for a packaging company. One day, he received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labeled?

2. AALLLOUGNINCEACELSSSEANRYTELNETCTEERS
If you cross out all unnecessary letters in the above string of letters, a logical sentence will remain. Can you read it?
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Brain Teaser 10/15/2013

1. There are many different world records out there held by many extraordinary people. Like the worlds fastest baked bean eater or the worlds tallest woman. There is a record however that we have ALL held at one point. What is it?

2. Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to z=26. Can you think of a familiar 7 letter word whose letter values total only 21?
HINT: It's edible.
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Brain Teaser 10/14/2013

Four couples are going to the movies. Each row holds eight seats. Betty and Jim don't want to sit next to Alice and Tom, and Alice and Tom don't want to sit next to Gertrude and Bill. On the other hand, Sally and Bob don't want to sit next to Betty and Jim. How can the couples arrange themselves so that they all sit where they would like?
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Brain Teaser 10/12/2013

1. When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, "In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she?

2. If nine thousand, nine hundred nine dollars is written as $9,909, how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred twelve dollars be written?
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BONUS QUIZ:
Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of TV theme songs.

1. “Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot... Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came...”

2. “We’re a movin’ on up, (We’re a movin on up.) To the east side. (Mo-vin on up.) To a de-luxe apartment, In the sky-. Mo-vin’ on up (Mo-vin on up.) To the east side, (Mo-vin on up.) We finally got a piece of the pie.

3. Come and knock on our door, we’ve been waiting for you, where the kisses are hers and hers and his... Come and dance on our floor, take a step that is new, we’ve a loveable space that needs your face... You’ll see that life is a ball again and laughter is callin’ for you”

4. “What would we do baby, without us?...What would we do baby, without us?... And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other through... What would we do baby, without us? Sha la la la...”

5. Believe or not I’m walking on air, I never thought I could feel so free-. Flying away on a wing and a prayer. Who could it be? Believe it or not it’s just me...”

6. “Now, the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, may not be right for some. A man is born, he’s a man of means. Then along come two, they got nothing but their jeans...”

7. Show me that smile again. Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’...We’re nowhere near the end. The best is ready to begin. Oooohhh. As long as we got each other , We got the world spinnin’ right in our hands...”

8. Love, exciting and new, Come aboard. We’re expecting you! Love, life’s sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you...Set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance. Love won’t hurt anymore, It’s an open smile on a friendly shore...”

9. Just two good old boys, Never meaning no harm. Beats all you ever you saw, Been in trouble with the law Since the day they were born.
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Brain Teaser 10/11/2013

1. We capture light, and yet we don't.
We reflect rays of sun, and yet we don't.
Without us all the world is gray and dull for everyone.
What are we?

2. There once was a race horse  That won great fame.  What-do-you-think  Was the horse's name.
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