Which letter is midway between the letter two letters below the letter immediately to the left of the letter G, and the letter three letters above the letter immediately to the right of the letter V?
Answer:
L
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Which letter?
Which letter is midway between the letter two letters below the letter immediately to the left of the letter G, and the letter three letters above the letter immediately to the right of the letter V?
Answer:
L
Odd Number Out
Which is the odd number out?
462 683 385 198 253 781 594
462 683 385 198 253 781 594
Answer:
683: in the other numbers add the first and last digits to arrive at the middle digit.
Find correct definition!
stationary, less, stationery, principal, fewer, principle
Place the words above alongside their correct definition below:
head of school
fundamental truth
standing still
writing materials
smaller in amount
smaller in number
Place the words above alongside their correct definition below:
head of school
fundamental truth
standing still
writing materials
smaller in amount
smaller in number
Answer:
head of school = principal,
fundamental truth = principle,
standing still = stationary,
writing materials = stationery,
smaller in amount = less,
smaller in number = fewer
Odd One Out
Which is the odd one out?
cymbal, marimba, vibraphone, trombone, glockenspiel
cymbal, marimba, vibraphone, trombone, glockenspiel
Answer:
trombone: the rest are percussion instruments.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Which is the missing section?
Answer:
D: the last two rows of figures repeat the first two rows of figures in reverse.
FEUMOPXCTW
What is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the
set of letters below? Letters may only be used once in the word produced.
FEUMOPXCTW
FEUMOPXCTW
Answer:
COMPUTE
DEDUCE
What word meaning DEDUCE becomes a word meaning PROPEL when a
letter is removed?
Answer:
DERIVE/DRIVE
Answer:
DERIVE/DRIVE
59 cubic blocks
You have 59 cubic blocks. What is the minimum number that needs to be taken
away in order to construct a solid cube with none left over?
Answer:
32: the next cube number below 64 (4 × 4 × 4) is 27 (3 × 3 × 3). In order to construct a solid cube, therefore, with none left over, 59 – 27 = 32 blocks need to be taken away.
Answer:
32: the next cube number below 64 (4 × 4 × 4) is 27 (3 × 3 × 3). In order to construct a solid cube, therefore, with none left over, 59 – 27 = 32 blocks need to be taken away.
Hexagon
To which hexagon below can a dot be added so that it then meets the same conditions as in the hexagon above?
Answer:
E: so that the dot appears in two circles and the square.
What number?
What number should replace the question mark?
Answer:
17: it is the sum of the two digits (9 + 8) in the quadrant directly opposite.
FUSE
Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?
FUSE (muzzle, explode, coalesce, immobilize, tighten)
FUSE (muzzle, explode, coalesce, immobilize, tighten)
Answer:
coalesce
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Which is the missing tile?
Answer:
A: each line across and down contains five black dots and four white dots.
Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower
We can
improve our brainpower considerably. This improvement happens by strengthening
and making new connections between the neurons of our brain. More connections
and stronger connections boost our brainpower and strengthen our performance on
mental and physical activities. More precisely, stronger and more connections
between neurons boost the cognitive functions of the brain, such as memory,
attention, and reasoning. A brain with better cognitive functioning will have a
higher capacity to learn and process; this fact in turn may mean a more
“intelligent” brain.
Studies have
shown that puzzles, and mental exercises in general, improve brainpower by
stimulating the diverse regions of our brain, by stimulating creativity,
imagination, and analytical, rational, and logical areas. This type of
stimulation is one of the main ways to strengthen the existing connections
between neurons and produce new connections. In many sources for brainpower
improvement, the analogy has been made that as gymnasts can enhance their
performance by more training and practice, people can enhance their brainpower
by mental gymnastics provided by puzzles and brain games.
Using this
book, which contains 220 puzzles and brain games, you can improve your mental
functions, including memory, attention, speed, problem solving, and the verbal,
numerical, and spatial capabilities of your brain, while entertaining yourself.
The puzzles and games in this book are developed along a variety of different
themes and styles and range in difficulty level and challenge. You will find it
interesting and easy to complete in a fairly short time rather than a boring mental exercise book that readers never
complete.
Even though
this book is primarily designed to challenge you in different ways in order to
improve your memory and your brain aptitudes and abilities, it is also intended
as a fun and entertaining collection to use at your leisure.
To get
better results toward the book’s primary targets, you may want to solve its
puzzles and perform the exercises on a regular daily schedule, accomplishing at
least ten items a day. In order to improve your brainpower with this book, the
most important factor for a tangible achievement is that each puzzle and game
should be accomplished within the time limit indicated; for example, if you are
asked to solve a puzzle in thirty seconds, then you should diligently try to
solve it in no more than thirty seconds. Please note that if you conscientiously
try but cannot solve a puzzle in the given time, you should not consider this a
failure but still a gain, as the
brain has exercised a challenge by trying its best, and that makes it stronger.
What time is it now?
My watch was correct at noon, after which it started to lose 17 minutes per hour
until six hours ago it stopped completely. It now shows the time as 2.52 pm.
What time is it now?
Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower
Brain Workout: Variety Puzzles to Boost Your Memory and Brainpower
Answer:
10 pm: 12 noon = 12 noon, 1 pm = 12.43, 2 pm = 1.26, 3 pm = 2.09, 4 pm = 2.52, +6 hours = 10 pm
Which is the odd one out?
Which is the odd one out?
femur, mandible, fibula, tibia, patella
Answer:
mandible: it is the jaw bone, the rest are bones in the leg
Rhyming Words
The following clue leads to which pair of rhyming words?
measure bulk of grass fodder
Answer:
weigh hay
Opposite in Meaning
Which two words are most opposite in meaning?
liberty, frivolity, chastity, sobriety, irrationality, polarity
Answer:
frivolity, sobriety
Closest in Meaning
Which word in brackets is closest in meaning to the word in capitals?
MONITOR (observe, order, meddle, intrude, conclude)
Answer:
observe
Missing Section?
Answer:
B: in lines and columns, add the first three numbers to arrive at the fourth number.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
What number should replace the question mark?
Answer:
0: looking at lines of numbers from the top: 9 × 8 = 72; 72 × 8 = 576; 576 × 8 = 4608
Hexagons
Answer:
D: so that one dot appears in the triangle and one circle; and the other dot appears in the triangle and three circles.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Out of This World
Which is the only one of the following that is not an anagram of a word meaning "Out of this world"?
flow under
sexed Utah
enviable blue
icier blend
sexed Utah
enviable blue
icier blend
Answer:
sexed Utah = exhausted.
How many has each?
Alf has four times as many as Jim, and Jim has three times as many as Sid. Altogether they have 192. How many has each?
Answer:
Alf 144, Jim 36, Sid 12.
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