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Brain Teasers - Jangar - 14-09-2005
Ade Wrote:I thought I'd answered this one, tulip :-)
Well now you have :haha:
:thumbs:
What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?
The defense attorney _________ up the witness, who completely _________ the prosecutionÂ’s contentions.
The defense attorney _________ up the witness, who completely _________ the prosecutionÂ’s contentions.
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Brain Teasers - Ade - 15-09-2005
buttered, rebutted
Come on Jangar - give us something to stretch the brain cells :-)
Brain Teasers - Ade - 15-09-2005
Can you come up with sentence which has the word "and" five times in a row, consecutively?
i.e. ............................ and and and and and ...........................
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 15-09-2005
Ade Wrote:Can you come up with sentence which has the word "and" five times in a row, consecutively?
i.e. ............................ and and and and and ...........................
Yes
Anything else you'd like to know ? :p
Oh, you want an example too... LOL
Imagine this sign on a shop "Fish_AND___Chips"
Now if you were to explain what is wrong with it you'd say "the spaces between fish and AND and AND and chips are different lengths" (I've used capital lettering to make it easier to see
) ***EDIT*** I see that the amount of spaces I use doesn't matter so I've substituted the relevant ones with _
:thumbs: on your answer BTW
In a footrace, Tom beat James. John was neither first nor last. Bill beat John. John beat Joe, and Joe beat Tom.
Who won the race?
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Brain Teasers - dudette - 15-09-2005
Bill won
Brain Teasers - Ade - 15-09-2005
erm... and John came 2nd...
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 15-09-2005
dudette Wrote:Bill won
:thumbs:
ANSWER: Bill (Bill, John, Joe, Tom, James)
WORD LADDER
Make your way from RISE to FALL in only four steps, changing one letter at a time to make a good English word at each step.
R I S E
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
FALL
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
FALL
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Brain Teasers - dudette - 15-09-2005
Rise
Rile
Rill
Fill
Fall
Brain Teasers - Jangar - 15-09-2005
dudette Wrote:Rise
Rile
Rill
Fill
Fall
Why hasn't anyone ever called the Danish "Ã¥" a rill ??? :confused: that is as close as one can get to an "Ã¥" though an "Ã¥" can become a river without changing name....
Sowwy that was besides the point.. :p
I had RISE, RILE, FILE, FILL, FALL....
ANSWER: RISE, RILE, RILL, FILL, FALL (There may be other ways.)
ALPHABET SOUP
How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all five letters once in each word?
E I N R S
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Brain Teasers - mcamp999 - 16-09-2005
Jangar Wrote:How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all five letters once in each word?
E I N R S[/B]
(050406)
5 times