Brain Teasers

Brain Teaser SMS



Rearrange the following letters so as to form one word: NEW DOOR

Answer: ONE WORD!


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Brain Teaser SMS



You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?

Answer:

3 cuts. Cut each link in one chain. Separate them, and use the links to join the ends of the 3 intact chains.


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Brain Teaser SMS



You are the bus driver. At your first stop, you pick up 29 people. On your second stop, 18 of those 29 people get off, and at the same time 10 new passengers arrive. At your next stop, 3 of those 10 passengers get off, and 13 new passengers come on. On your fourth stop 4 of the remaining 10 passengers get off, 6 of those new 13 passengers get off as well, then 17 new passengers get on. What is the color of the bus driver’s eyes?

Answer: The eye color of the reader of this problem. The first sentence is the key: “You are the bus driver”.


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Brain Teaser SMS



This is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching.

Answer:

The letter e is the most common letter in the English language, yet it never appears in the entire paragraph.


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Tongue Twisters



How many berries could a bare berry carry,
if a bare berry could carry berries?
Well they can’t carry berries
(which could make you very wary)
but a bare berry carried is more scary!


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