Solutions to BrainTeasers for January 2003 |
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What is the next number in this series?
149, 162, 536, 496, 481, ... |
Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each one.
B---LE R---ENT L---UE |
| 100. The numbers are consecutive squares (1,4,9,16, etc) grouped in sets of three digits. | BEAGLE, REAGENT, LEAGUE. |
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What do the following words have in common?
IRISH MASTER ROUSE CHAMPION VIOLENT |
Rearrange these letters to form the name of a famous writer:
I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER |
| Each forms the name of a flower when one letter is removed: IRIS, ROSE, ASTER, CAMPION, VIOLET | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. |
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THINK ! When Prasad was a student, he was an active participant of Mukul Sharma's 'Mindsport' in Illustrated Weekly at that time (now in Sunday Times). I am repeating one of the questions which Prasad had asked in that column. In fact I was reminded of this question when Hu was nominated for President of China. The question is Can you think of questions to which the answer (phonetically or otherwise) is the question itself? (e.g.,Who has been nominated as China's president? and the answer is same 'Hu has been nominated as China's president.) |
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I could think of two questions Q: What is the name of the inventor of steam engine? A: Watt is the name of the inventor of steam engine. Q: Who is responsible for world health? A: WHO is responsible for world health. I thought of one more, but it is not as correct as the other two. Q: Which is the female form of wizard? A: 'Witch' is the female form of wizard. Any more questions are welcome. |
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