Written by post on August 31st, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
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Letter Multiplication
If E times ILE equals BANISH, and TE times T equals BOOK, what does TO times IN equal?
A. BREATH
B. TEASER
C. RUTABAGA
D. POISON
E. COPPER
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Hint
No math is needed.
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Solution
POISON
Replace every instance of the word “times” with an ‘X’.
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Animated Signatures – Animated Names
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Written by post on August 24th, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
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Word Play
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters
What do the following words have in common?
Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo
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Hint
It is more than having letters repeated in each one…
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Solution
If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.
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Written by post on August 6th, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
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Translate each word group into a phonetic sound, and then string them all together to form the name of a body of water.
For example:
polar or grizzly, finger jewelry, not curved
Translation… Bear, Ring, Straight
Answer… Bering Strait
1. Vehicle, curved bone, to exist, not yang, to look at
2. Circle segment, bloodsucking arachnid, to be in debt, tibia
3. Cat sound, dreidel letter, 18-hole sport
4. Unaffiliated film, Japanese currency, interjection, to eschew
5. Helper, flightless South American bird, clock sound, programming language
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Hint
Some of these are stretches, but they’ll be obvious if you focus on the sounds.
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Solution
1. Car – Rib – Be – Yin – See == Caribbean Sea
2. Arc – Tick – Owe – Shin == Arctic Ocean
3. Purr – Shin – Golf == Persian Gulf
4. Indie – Yen – Oh! – Shun == Indian Ocean
5. Aid – Rhea – Tick – C == Adriatic Sea
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Written by post on July 29th, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
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Die Hard!
I have one, you have one.
If you remove the first letter, a bit remains.
If you remove the second, bit still remains.
After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains.
It dies hard!
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Hint
Remaining part is most important.
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Solution
Habit!
Remove h – a bit remains.
Remove a – bit remains.
Remove b – it remains.
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Written by post on July 8th, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
All that Glitters
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine,
I invite you to dig in my virtual mine.
My first is purple, fit for a king,
My second is green where Dorothy did her thing.
My third is red, July’s birthstone as well,
My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell.
My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy,
My sixth is Crocidolite, striped like the big cat’s eye.
Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April’s stone,
Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone.
Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn,
And you will find the stuff for which even the gods yearn.
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Hint
Lightning Ridge is in Australia and is famous for being the only place in the world where a certain gemstone is found.
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Solution
The gems are
Amethyst
Emerald (Emerald city – Wizard of OZ)
Ruby
Pearl (From inside oyster shell)
Diamond
Tiger’s eye
Cubic Zirconium (Fake diamond)
Black Opal
Taking the first letter of Amethyst, second of Emerald etcetera gives
Ambrosia – The food of the gods.
Klipfiti: Humor and Irony
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Written by post on July 1st, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
One+One=One
Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word.
Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = a color = yellow.
1) A light brown color + to leave = a dance.
2) A store’s announcement + a type of women’s clothing = a building’s location.
3) A vehicle + an animal pal = a floor covering.
4) The ocean + a father’s boy = part of the year.
5) Another name for dad + a yellow veggie = a white fluffy snack.
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Solution
1) tan + go = tango.
2) ad + dress = address.
3) car + pet = carpet.
4) sea + son = season.
5) pop + corn = popcorn.
Written by post on June 24th, 2010 in Brain Teasers.
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This word has 10 letters namely
1234567890
1234 – carries heredity
456 – is a period of time
567 – is a pest
and 890 – is a charged particle
What is the word?
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Solution
GENERATION
1234 carries heredity – gene
456 – is a period of time – era
567- is a pest – rat
890 is a charged particle – ion
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