Braingle's Newest Brain Teasers and Riddles

C = the G S

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

C = the G S

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604,800 = S in a W

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

604,800 = S in a W

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Acrid Moron

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?

Group A: acrid, coral, first, moron
Group B: borax, horse, jerky, screw, unrig, vireo

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Missing Vowels IV

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Three quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche have all their vowels removed. You must put the appropriate vowels in each blank.
Ready?

1. _n _rt_st h_s n_ h_m_ _n _ _r_p_ _xc_pt _n P_r_s.

2. _rt _s th_ pr_p_r t_sk _f l_f_.

3. _g_ _sm _s th_ v_ry _ss_nc_ _f _ n_bl_ s_ _l.

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High Country Vacation

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The Fun Family, Mom, Dad, and three children, enjoyed a weeklong vacation in the mountains of the High Country of North Carolina. Although they all enjoyed everything they did and saw, each (one is Farah) had his or her own favorite activity and tourist sight. From the clues below, determine each family member's age (15,17,19,42 or 44), their favorite activity and their favorite sight.

1. The 5 family members are Felix, the 19 year old daughter, the fan of canoeing, the one who preferred the Blowing Rock, and the female who loved driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) looking at the scenery.

2. The one who favored equestrian activities is 2 years older than Fred. The one who enjoyed hiking the most is older than her brother, but younger than Faith.

3. The two that preferred ziplining and whitewater rafting are in some order the 15 year old and the one who loved the campus of Appalachian State University.

4. The oldest and the youngest are, in some order, Fran and the one who preferred to sight see from the car.

5. The 3 females are the oldest, the youngest and the one who liked Mast General Store the best. The 2 males are the ones who preferred Grandfather Mountain and whitewater rafting.

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A L was the F A P to be A

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

A L was the F A P to be A

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Can You Find It? VIII

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word SPECIALIZATION, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made?

1. To take advantage of; to supply with capital.
2. To mingle or associate sociably with others.
3. To render or become plastic.
4. An increase in magnitude or intensity.
5. A food substance made from cassava often used in puddings.
6. Unit of measure equal to one newton per square meter.
7. A furnished veranda often used as living space.
8. A decorated paper-mache figure, filled with toys, used at parties.
9. A style of printing in which the letters are usually slanted to the right.
10. Fabric coverings, usually supported on poles, hung over beds, storefronts, thrones, or persons/objects of great importance.
11. A plant of the buttercup family having irregular, loosely clustered flowers, some of which have medicinal usage.
12. A person who makes and sells eyeglasses and contacts for remedying defects in vision as directed by ophthalmologists and optometrists.

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Movie Scramble

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The following letters below are names of movies that are mixed up. Unscramble them to find out the name of the movies.

IGNNFID OMEN

IDERSP-NAM

ETH FASTREABK BLUC

AEMN LSGIR

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Find The Author IV

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author?

Noth-ng -n l-f- -s to b- f----d, -t -s only to b- und--stood. Now -s th- t--- to und--st-nd -o--, so th-t w- --y f--- l-ss.

Th--- a-- sad-st-- s---nt-sts who h---y to h-nt down ---o-s -nst-ad of -stabl-sh-ng th- t--th.

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Bingo Card 3

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

You are given a stack of bingo cards. Your task is to find a specific card. Given the following clues, what is the number arrangement of that card?

Columns, left to right, are: B (contains numbers 1 through 15), I (contains numbers 16 through 30), N (contains numbers 31 through 45), G (contains numbers 46 through 60), O (contains numbers 61 through 75). Rows, top to bottom, are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. An example of coordinate nomenclature: B1 identifies column B row 1. N3 is a free space (contains no number). No number appears more than once.

1) For each column, the numbers are in either ascending order or descending order.
2) Row 1: the numbers are prime.
3) Row 5: the numbers are composite.
4) Column I: the numbers are spaced at equal intervals.
5) Column O: the numbers are spaced at different intervals.
6) The sum of the numbers in Row 1 equals the sum of the numbers in Row 5.
7) The product of B4 and O5 equals the product of B5 and O4.
8) The product of I2 and G2 equals the product of I3 and G3.
9) N4 is midway between B4 and G4.
10) Each column has one multiple of 6.
11) There is only one square number on the card.

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The Vowel-Less Knights #13

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The Vowel-less Knights have found a few more sayings to utter. Can you figure out what they say? Remember to look in the hint section for bonus points.

1. pstv tttd m nt slv ll yr prblms, bt t wll nn ngh ppl t mk t wrth th ffrt.

2. m stll dtrmnd t b chrfl nd hpp, n whtvr sttn m b; fr hv ls lrnd frm xprnc tht th grtr prt f r hppnss r msr dpnds pn r dspstns, nd nt pn r crcmstncs.

3. strng pstv mntl tttd wll crt mr mrcls thn n wndr drg.

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Elvis

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

JAMES, PATRICIA, CAMERON, DARREN, CHARMAINE, LUKE, SOPHIE, ANTHONY and LISA love Elvis Presley. Use the letters in their names to reveal their 9 favourite Elvis Presley songs.

_ _ _ _ HOUSE _ O _ K

_ _ U _ _ D _ G

V _ V _ L _ _ V _ G _ _

_ LL S _ O _ _ U _

_ US _ I _ _ O _ S _ _ _ DS

_ _ _ UR _ TO S _ _ D _ _

L _ WD _, _ _ SS _ L _ WDY

H _ _ _ _ B _ E _ K _ OTEL

_ OV _ _ E TE _ DER

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Hippocampus

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Squirt the seahorse was pregnant. She carried the babies around in her bloated pouch in her front.

What is wrong with this statement?

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