Brain Teasers

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A New Type of Word Pyramid

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters

In this word pyramid you have to take the letters from the word pea and put them around the ‘h’ to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same with the next line.

pea
h _ _ _
s _ _ _ _
_ _ r _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ n
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ l

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Solution

Pea
Heap
Shape
Phrase/seraph
Sharpen
Shrapnel

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Research Team

What do these sentences translate to?

“A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member.”

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Hint

It’s a common nursery rhyme.

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Solution

Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
and Jill came tumbling after

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What Am I?

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

1-2-3-4-5-6

I am a 6 letter word.
Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink.
Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit.
Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet.
Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6.

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Solution

CARPET.
6-5-2: tea
4-5-2-3: pear
1-2-6: cat
3-2-6: rat

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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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