If I am a man and Jason's son is my son's father, what relationship am I to Jason?
How could you give someone $63 using six bills, without using one dollar bills?
What word from group B belongs to group A and why?
A) FRONT, SKI, MELON, FALL
B) ROAD, TIRE, TOWER, CLIFF
Mrs. Shady is lying on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in her death, yet there is no trace of blood. Mrs. Shady's body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could she have been murdered with the pair of scissors?
Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 p.m. What was it?
A worm is at the bottom of a forty meter hole. It can crawl upwards at a rate of four meters in a day, but at night, it slips back three meters. At this rate, how long will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?
An old beggar collects cigarette ends from ashtrays and sidewalks and uses the tobacco to roll her own cigarettes. She has this practice down to a fine art, knowing it will take seven cigarette ends to make one cigarette. Since she has collected 49 ends, how many cigarettes can she make from these and why?
Justin Summers walks up and down a hill which is six kilometers for a round trip. His dog being slower, walks at half the speed. When Justin reaches the top of the hill he turns around and walks down meeting his dog part way. Justin continues walking to the bottom of the hill at the same speed. The dog follows him, also maintaining his original speed. How far did the dog walk?
Picture a ship at anchor. Over the side hangs a rope ladder with half a meter rungs. The tide rises a half meter per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming the nine rungs were above water when the tide began to rise?
Gloria Goodbody opened her own clothing store called "The Wrap". She wasn't sure about pricing certain items so she devised her own method. At "The Wrap" a vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using Gloria's pricing scheme, how much would a pair of underwear cost?
In the "Strange" family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?
Dan Manly was revisiting his home town when an old friend called. "Hey, Dan, how have you been? It must be 15 years since we last saw each other. " "At least that," replied Dan. "I've been keeping well, but tell me about yourself." Dan's friend answered, "I'm married now but to someone that you wouldn't know. By the way, this is my daughter." Dan looked down at the little girl and asked her name. "It's the same as my mother's," the little girl replied. "Then I bet your name is Susan," said Dan. How could he know?
Harold Bird married a widow. At the time they each had children of their own. Thirteen years later the Bird kids got into a heated argument. Mrs. Bird exclaimed to Mr. Bird, "Your children and my children are fighting with our children!" Each parent is directly related to nine of the 12 children in the Bird family. How many children were born after Mr. and Mrs. Bird were married?
Old Mr. Terminus was lying on his deathbed while his wife was about to give birth. Father Clement was at his bedside when Mr. Terminus dictated his will. "I leave 2/3 of my estate to my child, should it be a boy, and 1/3 to my wife. If the child is a girl, I want 2/3 to go to my wife and 1/3 to my daughter." Mr. Terminus passed on and left Father Clement with a rather peculiar problem, since Mrs. Terminus gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. How should the estate be divided in order to comply as closely as possible with his wishes?
What is a five letter word in the English language whose pronunciation isn't changed by removing four of its letters?
Which drawing in the bottom row logically comes next in the series that is shown in the top row?
OOOO OOOO OOOO ???? XOOX OOXO OXOO ???? OOOO XXOO OOOO ???? OXOO OOOO XOOO ????
(A) (B) (C) XXOO OOOO OOOO XOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OXOO OXOO OOOO OXOO OOOO
A man left home one morning. He turned right and ran straight ahead. Then he turned left. After awhile, he turned left again, running faster than ever. Then he turned left once more and decided to go home. In the distance he could see two masked men waiting for him. Who were they?
Picture three boxes containing fruit. The first box is marked CHERRIES, the second box is marked BANANAS, and the third box is marked CHERRIES AND BANANAS. Each of the boxes is labelled incorrectly. How could you label each box correctly if you were allowed to select only one fruit from one of the boxes?
There was a shipwreck at sea and Buck, Lance, and Jack were washed ashore on a small island. Upon reaching shore they promptly fell asleep from exhaustion. A short time later, Buck awoke and saw that a box of bananas had been washed ashore. Buck ate one third of the bananas and went back to sleep. Lance soon awoke and upon seeing the box of bananas, ate on third of what was left and then fell asleep. Jack woke next and assumed that the other two hadn't eaten any bananas, so he ate one third of what remained. When Jack finished, there were 8 bananas left over. How many bananas were in the box originally?
There is a cage at the Electron City Zoo that contains both peacocks and wild pigs. If there is a total of 30 eyes and 44 feet, how many of each are in the cage?
What is the next letter in the following sequence?
M A M J J A S O
There are three extremely bright men seeking the hand of Ms. Candy Barr. Candy loves her men smart, but cannot decide which one of the three men is the smartest. Consequently, she proposes a test. Candy places a mark on each man's forehead and tells them that each of them has either a blue mark or a red mark. She instructs them to raise their hand if they see a blue mark on either of the other two. The first man to determine what color his mark is, and explain how he arrived at that conclusion will have her hand in marriage. Each man raised his hand, and a few moments later, one of them had the answer. What color was the winner's mark and how did he know?
It was in the fall of 1962 that a man went to town with $50 in his pocket, but returned home with $150. He bought a hat at a clothing store and some apples at the market. Then he had his eyes tested. He gets paid every Thursday by check. The banks are only open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The eye doctor is closed on Saturday. The market stays closed on Thursday and Friday. On what day did the man go to town?
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck!
Every Tuesday evening Hardy Pyle drives up to his cottage to visit his wife. On these weekly visits he drops off the clean clothes and picks up the dirty laundry. Since Mrs. Pyle changes her underwear each morning, what is the minimum number of underwear she can own?
There is a grandfather clock that chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour, as well as chiming once at each quarter hour. If you were in the other room and heard the clock chime just once, what would be the longest possible period of time you would have to wait in order to be certain of the correct time?
What is the product of the following series?
Which word from Group B belongs with the words from Group A and why?
A) PAPER, BLAST, BANK, BOX
B) JUICE, BAG, CRADLE, CARPET
Using one set of letters in the same order, can you fill in the blanks and make a normal sentence?
A _o_a_l_ doctor had _o _a_l_ and therefore, was _o_ a_l_ to operate.
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?
There are two books standing side by side on a shelf, each consisting of exactly 100 pages. The book on the left is upside-down. If you add the page number at the extreme left-hand side of the left-hand book to the page number at the extreme right-hand side of the right-hand book, what is the total?
Which of the following words does not belong with the others and why?
There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
It takes Sandy three hours to paint a fence, and it takes Claude six hours to complete the same job. How long would it take both of them working together at their normal paces to complete the same job?
There is a cage at the Proton city zoo that holds a variety of jungle animals and creatures. In this cage there are 11 heads and 20 feet. There are twice as many jungle creatures with four feet as there are jungle creatures with two feet. How many creatures of each kind are in the cage?
What are the next two letters in the following series?
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached
its maximum height over the course of ten years. How
many years did it take for the tree to reach half its
maximum height?
While on safari in the wild jungles of Djibouti,
Professor Quantum woke one morning and felt something
in the pocket of his shorts. It had a head and a
tail, but no legs. When Quantum got up he could feel
it move inside his pocket. Quantum, however, showed
little concern and went about his morning rituals.
Why such a casual attitude?
If boiling water is poured into a thick drinking
glass as well as a very thin wine glass, of the two,
which is more likely to crack?
Ari Grant and Charles Pompuss took turns driving on a
round trip using the same route both ways. Ari drove
the first 40 kilometers and then Charles drove the
rest of the way. Ari started to drive on the return
trip and the Charles drove the last 50 kilometers.
Which of the two drove more kilometers and how many
more did he drive?
Mr. Green, Mr. Red, and Mr. Blue were at the Soul Ace
Motel having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit;
one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have
you noticed," said the man in the blue suit, "that
although our suits have colors corresponding to our
names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches
our own names?" Mr.Red looked at the other two and
said, "You're absolutely correct." What color suit is
each man wearing?
Barney Dribble fell asleep after dinner one night.
When he awoke he realized that he would have to rush
in order to make last call at the Soul Ace Hotel. He
grabbed a t-shirt and put it on inside-out, with his
left arm in the right sleeve. Where is the label?
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will
be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday
when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is
the day after this day?
Which number is next in the series and why?
10, 4, 3, 11, 15, ...
(A) 14
Pete Polyester is a used car salesman. He sold half
his cars plus one more to his first customer of the
day. To the second customer, he sold half the
remainder plus one more. To the third customer, he
sold half of the remainder plus one more; and to the
fourth customer, he sold half the remainder plus one
more. Pete was now the proud salesman on an empty car
lot. How many cars did Pete have for sale at the
start of his fantastic day?
Can you translate the following?
Y Y U R Y Y U B I C U R Y Y 4 M E
Can you translate the following into a sentence?
1 0 0 2 0 4 1 8 0
A man and a boy who are walking together step out
with their right feet first. The boy walks three
paces while the man walks two. When will they both
put their left feet forward together?
How would you rearrange the letters in the words
new door to make one word?
King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born.
Their combined ages when they died was 100 years.
King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was
King Tut born?
Granny Smith, who was leaving Montreal, boarded a
train at four minutes past the hour. After boarding,
she stuck her head out of the window and shouted to
the ticket man, "How far are we from Toronto?" "All
trains take five hours either way," he replied. "How
many trains shall I meet on the way?" asked Granny.
"A train leaves Toronto at five minutes past the
hour, every hour," Answered the ticket men. How many
trains will Granny Smith meet?
What is the next letter in the following sequence?
Pete Polyester, a door-to-door salesman, was selling
a high tech car wax that he claimed was harder than
steel. Pete offered one container for $19 or two for
$33. He said that his profit was the same either way,
and since these were his last two containers, he
simply wanted the quick sale. If we take Pete's word
for his profit margin, what must each container of
wax cost him?
If a block weighs eight kilograms plus half a block,
what is the weight of a block and a half?
There is a seven letter word in the English language
that contains eight words without rearranging any of
its letters. The words contained therein must be of
at least two letters in length. What is this word and
the eight words found within it?
One day Gino and Gweedo had an insatiable craving for
dandelion wine. They drove along the country roads
stopping and picking the weeds where they could. At
the end of the day, Gino had picked five bushels and
Gweedo picked three. Next they stopped at Fanuchi's
since he promised to bake them pizzas in exchange for
1/3 of the dandelions picked. Not sure of the fairest
way to divide the eight bushels, they put them into
24 baskets, each keeping eight. In exchange for his
eight baskets, Fanuchi made them eight pizzas. The
problem started when Gino and Gweedo disagreed on how
to divide the pizzas. Gino said he deserved more
since he picked five bushels to Gweedo's three. Since
they each have eight baskets of dandilions, how
should the pizzas be divided?
Four men sat down to play,
If a third of six is three, what would half of twenty
be?
Barney Dribble, staggered out of the Soul Ace Hotel,
and managed to make his way over to the large
circular kiddy pool located in the center of town. He
got into the pool and crawled on his hands and knees
due south for 6 meters, before he banged his head on
the pool's edge. Undaunted, he turned due east, and
crawled for 8 meters before he hit his head on the
side of the pool for the second time. Barney realized
he had had enough fun for one night and decided to go
home. What is the pool's diameter?
While exploring the Amazon Jungle, Professor Fossil
was seized by hostile natives who told him he could
make one final statement which would determine how he
would die. If the statement he made was false, he
would be boiled in water. If the statement were true,
he would be fried in oil. Since Fossil found neither
option too attractive, he made a statement that got
him out of this seemingly impossible situation. What
is the one statement he could have made?
What is the value of one-half of two-thirds of
three-quarters of four-fifths of five-sixths of
six-sevenths of seven-eighths of eight-ninths of
nine-tenths of one thousand?
Pete Polyester decided to get into the used boat
sales business. After buying two boats, he realized
he'd spent all his money and had no cash flow. Pete
opted for a couple of quick sales. By the end of the
day he had sold both boats for $6000 each. On one
boat he realized a profit of 20% and on the other
boat he lost 20%. Did Pete make money, lose money, or
break even?
If a man and a half can eat a cake and a half in a
minute and a half, allowing the same situation, how
many men would it take to eat 60 cakes in 30 minutes?
There is a certain club which is for men only. There
are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these
men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership,
half wear two earrings and the other half wear none.
How many earrings are being worn in this club?
The day before yesterday Scheming Suzie was nine
years old. Next year she will be twelve. How is this
possible?
The bottom 3/4 of a bottle's total height is
cylindrical in shape. The upper 1/4 of the total
height is irregular in shape. The bottle is filled
approximately halfway with cranberry juice. Keeping
the bottle closed and using just a ruler, how can you
tell what percentage of the total volume of the
bottle is filled with cranberry juice?
Ben and Carl were in a 100 meter race. When Ben
crossed the finish line, Carl was only at the 90
meter mark. Ben suggested they run another race. This
time, Ben would start ten meters behind the starting
line. All other things being equal, will Carl win,
lose or will it be a tie in the second race?
Dee Septor, the famous magician, wants to send his
nephew, Justin Summers, a one-piece fishing pole for
his birthday. Since it's Justin's birthday the
following day, Uncle Dee must send it airmail. Dee is
told that he cannot send the pole airmail since its 3
inches longer than the airline regulations permit.
Dee Septor considers his problem for a moment and
then realizes he can still send the pole without
exceeding the airline regulations. How can he package
and ship the pole without bending or shortening it in
any way?
Before the research on Cholesterol provoked such due
concern, people believed that:
What did people believe?
Buck Shot and Sam Sham shot 100 arrows, each managing
to hit the target 50 times. With the score tied they
broke for lunch. After the break, the shooting was
not as sharp. Buck, shot 89 arrows but only managed
to hit the target 13 times. Sam, shot 50 arrows
without hitting the target once. Buck claimed that
his percentage after the break was better than Sam's,
so therefore he must be the better shot. Sam
naturally disagreed. Who had the better average for
the day?
The Soul Ace Hotel held its annual car rally. Sandy
Beach was the favorite to win since she won the last
three years in a row. Also in the race was Duncan
Drivel, Art Bragg and Hardy Pyle. Duncan, who
finished three places in front of last place Hardy
Pyle, came in two places in front of seventh place
Art Bragg. How many people were in the rally?
Two cyclists rode their bicycles up and down a hill.
They averaged ten kilometers per hour on the way up
and twenty kilometers per hour on the way down. What
is their average speed for the entire trip? Explain
your answer.
A) 11 kph
Shadow was looking to buy a vacation house on the
Isle of Begile, an island where the natives always
lie and the visitors always tell the truth. Shadow
was looking at one house he particularly liked, but
wasn't sure if he could believe the things the owners
were telling him about it, so he decided to determine
if they were natives or visitors. Shadow asked the
man of the house if his wife was a visitor and he
received a yes or no answer. Shadow then asked the
lady of the house if her husband was a visitor and
she also gave him a yes or no answer. Were the two
answers necessarily the same and why?
Farah Felline was out of town on business and needed
a room for the week. When she went to pay the clerk
she realized her credit card was missing. Her bank
said it would be one week before they could deliver a
new card. Farah turned to the desk clerk and said, "I
have a solid gold chain with seven links. Each link
is worth well over $100. I'll give you the chain as
collateral until my card is replaced. Just to be on
the safe side, I'll give you one link each day for
seven days." Farah realized that she could trade
links back and forth and avoid a lot of unnecessary
cuts to the chain. What is the fewest number of cuts
she wuld have to make and how would she trade the
links back and forth?
There are two planes heading straight toward each
other. One plane is traveling at 15 kilometers per
minute, and the other is traveling at 10 kilometers
per minute. Assuming that the planes are exactly 1000
kilometers apart, what distance will be between them
one minute before they meet?
A large motor home pulled out to pass and crashed
head-on into an oncoming truck. The driver of the
truck was found dead. The driver of the motor home,
Skids Road, and one of the passengers Saul Long, were
also killed. Only Sid Shady was unharmed. When
questioned by police, Shady recounted what happened.
"Saul and I were in the back having a few beers and
playing a little poker when he stood up to get
another beer. Next thing I knew there was a crash and
he went flying. Saul was thrown back against the rear
door and he must have been killed when he hit the
back of his head on the rear door handle. The only
reason I survived," said Shady, "was because I was
lucky enough to have been sitting down when the
collision occurred." Shadow immediately brought Shady
in on suspicion of murder. Why?
Barney Dribble was going on a one-way bus trip. He
intended to ride for a certain distance, get off the
bus, and walk back to town. If the bus travels at a
rate of nine kilometers per hour and he was to walk
back to town at the rate of three kilometers per
hour, how far would he ride so that he'd be back in
eight hours?
Three brothers and their respective wives were
traveling through the country when they came to a
river. Their only means of crossing was in a small
canoe which would only carry 2 people at a time. The
three men were very jealous of each other. Not one of
the brothers would leave his wife alone in the boat,
or on the shore with another brother, unless that
brother's wife was also present. How many crossings
were necessary to get the happy clan across the river
and? Give an example of how they would cross.
Suppose there is a river that has no current. Buck
Shot got into his canoe and paddled upstream from his
dock to the river's bend five kilometers away. At
this point he turned around and paddled back to his
dock. he checked his watch and saw that the trip took
40 minutes. Now suppose the river has a current of
two kilometers per hour, and Buck makes exactly the
same trip. With the river flowing at two kilometers
per hour, will the trip be longer than 40 minutes,
shorter than 40 minutes, or will it take the same
amount of time? Explain.
Mr. and Mrs. Payload were walking home from the
shopping mall with their purchases when Mr. Payload
began to complain that his load was too heavy. Mrs.
Payload turned to her husband and said, "I don't know
what you're complaining about because if you gave me
one of your parcels, I would have twice as many as
you, and if I gave you just one of mine, we would
have equal loads." How many parcels were each
carrying?
If Leah is Louis's sister,
Irene, Claire, Sue, or Peggy? Why?
This diagram has been set up according to a certain
logical principle. Which letters go in the blanks?
Timothy notes that his five best friends do not know
one another. To get things started he invites three
of them to lunch: Adams, Brown, and Carter. (The two
other friends are Dickinson and Emerson.) The five
first names are, in no particular order, Alex, Bob,
Chip, Dave, and Elmer.
After the lunch Timothy lists the results:
What is the full name of each of the five?
Find a common English three letter word, knowing
that:
LEG has no common letter with it.
The following letters are arranged according to a
logical principle. What is it?
Four couples spend an evening together. Their first
names are Elizabeth, Jeanne, Mary, Anne, Henry,
Peter, Louis, and Roger.
Henry's wife is not dancing with her husband, but
with Elizabeth's husband.
If Anne's husband is not Peter, who is Roger's wife?
These words belong to the same logical family:
Which of these words does too? Why?
Can you fill in the blank logically?
I lost my wallet, and I don't remember how much money
I had, but I remember thinking the first time I
bought something that it cost me 10 percent of what I
had. Then I noticed that the second purchase was also
exactly 10 percent of what I had left. My sales slips
totaled $19. How much was in the wallet when I lost
it?
Find a common English five letter word knowing that:
ADULT has two letters in common with it, not at their
correct places.
Lily likes knights but not battlers; she likes
writing but not typing; she likes to listen but not
to sing. Does she like unknown or famous authors?
Can you go from FAIL to PASS in only four steps,
changing one letter at a time and making a good
English word at each step?
P A S S
All the vowels have been removed from the following proverb, and the remaining letters broken into groups of three letters each. Replace the vowels to find the proverb.
What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and the second, and the last is three times the second?
After paying all your bills, you're very short of cash. You have a total of $9.60 in your pocket. The money is composed of equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels, but no other coins or bills. How many of each of those three coins do you have?
One letter can replace the first letter of each word pair shown below so that two new words are formed. Place the letter you have used for both words on the line between the words. When you have finished, the new letters will spell out a new English word.
All the vowels have been removed from a popular proverb and the remaining letters broken up into groups of four (with three nulls at the end). Replace the vowels to read the proverb.
LLTH TGLT TRSS NTGL DXXX
Each of the words shown below contains the letters OCT. Definitions are given and the number of letters is shown for each. Fill in the words:
A form of marine life: O C T _ _ _ _
A soup: _ O C _ T _ _ _ _ _
If Lily is 10, SonofJorEl is 20, and Ray and Jim are both 5, but Margot is 10, how much is Jennifer using the same logic?
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They played all night 'till break of day.
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
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B) 13.33 kph
C) 15 kph
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if Clarisse is Bruno's sister,
if Maud is Christopher's sister,
then who is Hamilton's sister --- Answer #82
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J _ M K
_ F D B Answer #83
Bob still does not know Brown.
Chip knows Adams.
Dave knows only one of the others.
Elmer knows three of the others.
Alex knows two of the others.
Dickinson knows only one of the others.
Emerson knows three of the others. Answer #84
ERG has one common letter, not at the correct place
SIR has one common letter, at the correct place
SIC has one common letter, not at the correct place
AIL has one common letter, not at the correct place.
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B A B C A C
A C A B B A
C B A C C B
B A C B A C
C B A C B A Answer #86
At a giiven time:
Roger and Anne are not dancing.
Peter is playing the trumpet, with Mary at the piano.
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CHINK
TRANCE
STAIN
CHIME
TUBA
PERK
GERMANE
EMBARGO
BANANA
NIGHTMARE Answer #88
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GUSTO has no common letter with it.
STORY has one common letter, at the correct place.
BUILT has one common letter, at the correct place.
DYING has one common letter, not at the correct
place.
BUGLE has two common letters, but only one at the
correct place.
LIGHT has no common letter with it. Answer #91
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F A I L
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MAIL _ PINK
CART _ SAID
GRID _ RIMLESS
LINK _ BOUND
ROWED _ RIPPLE Answer #97
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A form of firework: _ _ _ _ O C _ _ T
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