Brain Teasers

[jaydubs71]

Thanks Jangar

Come >> Cone

I''ll let the other one for the other people :nudge: :nudge: :p

[penelope]

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Well done and welcome to the Trivia Forum Jaydubs71

METAMORPHOSIS

Find a word that means “to arrive,” then change one letter to find the word for a geometric figure.

Find the word that means “solitary,” then change the first letter to find the word for an exact duplicate.

(050317)

alone and clone

[Jangar]

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Well done

ODD MAN OUT

Which of the places below is least like the others?
(The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.)


SICILY CRETE ICELAND

[penelope]

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Well done

ODD MAN OUT

Which of the places below is least like the others?
(The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables.)


SICILY CRETE ICELAND

Iceland - country...the others are parts of countries

[Jangar]

Iceland - country...the others are parts of countries

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The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.

(050319)

[penelope]

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The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.

(050319)

Is it first names

[penelope]

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The names of six people are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them? (The letters are in consecutive order.)

I wanted to go to London in September to read some prose by the river.

(050319)

Ted - Don - Bert - Rose - Seb - Theri

[Jangar]

Ted - Don - Bert - Rose - Seb - Theri

The answer they give is: Ted, Ed, Lon, Don, Bert, Rose

But yours is also correct So you get a :thumbs:


Packing preserved kumquats is difficult, so one packer can pack only 12 jars in 8 hours. At the same rate, how many packers will it take to pack one gross of jars in two 8-hour days?

[sooibrand]

methinks the answer is 6

[Jangar]

methinks the answer is 6

And methinks you're right :thumbs:

ANSWER: 6 (One packer can do 24 jars in 2 days. One gross is 144 jars, so it will take 6 packers.)

TOM SWIFTY

First unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence.

YFMLIA A GLON RVYE SAH
KMIGNA FO YM BLATUEIFU
NTROIADTI DAIS MOT
BITHLGRY MPLAS.

(050322)