Solutions to BrainTeasers for August 2002 |
| What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, THIRSTY and WEIGHT have in common? |
Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each. A---BIC CON---N VI---OY |
| Take out one letter and they each spell a number (FOUR, TEN, THIRTY and EIGHT). | ACERBIC, CONCERN, VICEROY. |
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A man, when asked by his niece how old he was, replied,"My age is now four times yours,
but five years ago it was five times yours." How old was he? |
What do the following words have in common? STURDY, THIRSTY, CALMNESS, DEFORMED, INOPERATIVE |
| 80 | All of them contain three consecutive letters of the alphabet. |
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THINK ! Think of words ending in -gry. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word, which we use every day? |
| The real question here is: "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?"The first two sentences have been added merely to confuse you. There are only three words in the phrase "the English language". The third word is "language", which is indeed something we use every day. The first two words are "the" and "English" |
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