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Logic Problem
501
You have two slow-burning fuses, each of
which will burn up in exactly one hour.
They are not necessarily of the same length
and width as each other, so you have no way
of measuring if a fuse is half burned.
Using these two fuses, how can you measure
45 minutes?
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502
Dingbats
503
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
i
i
BAG BAG
HE
LEAST
AC
AD
HE
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Logic Problem
504
My cousin told me: “Two days ago, my
daughter was 8. Next year, she'll be 11”. How
is this possible?
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Brain Teaser
505
If you take two apples from three apples,
how many do you have?
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The World of Julian Beever 25
506
Dingbats
507
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
Granite
PATRICK
EHT
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The World of Julian Beever 26
508
Dingbats
509
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
PANTS
THE
SAND
EMOCLEW
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Brain Teaser
510
A horse is tied to a 30 foot rope. A haystack lies
40 feet away, but the horse is able to eat it.
How is this possible?
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511
Dingbats
512
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
B
AaTdLrAoNpTIC
Fuor TOFFIE
O O
B
B
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Brain Teaser - Tricky
513
What two common English words have the
most letters?
Clue:
In which job are you most likely to get the sack?
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514
Brain Teaser - Tricky
515a
An encyclopedia consists of ten volumes
(sitting next to each other, in order, on a shelf).
Each volume contains one thousand pages.
Excluding the covers of each volume, how
many pages are between the first page of the
encyclopedia and the last?
Notes
Page
Brain Teaser - Tricky
515b
Here is a bird's eye view of the encyclopaedia:
First
Page
Vo
l
1
Vo
l
2
Last
Page
8000 pages
Vo
l
3
Vo
l
4
Vo
l
5
Vo
l
6
Vo
l
7
Vo
l
8
Vo
l
9
Vo
l
10
Exam Answers - Chemistry
516
Notes
Page
Dingbats
517
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
BEST
ST
IN
AND
AGE
A G E
AGE
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The World of Julian Beever 29
518
Brain Teasers
519
If the nurse gave you three pills and told you to
take one every half hour, how long would
they last you?
How much soil is there - in cubic feet - in a hole
in the ground that's two feet wide, three feet long,
and four feet deep?
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Dingbats
520
Everyday expressions and a place
1.
2.
GO
IT
3.
I
10 N ST
G
Taker's Shop
The
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The World of Julian Beever 30
521
Dingbats
522
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
NALP PU
PePPermint
G
BUN
Notes
Page
Brain Teasers
523
If eggs can be laid at the rate of eight every seven
days, how many eggs can a rooster lay in three
weeks?
A woman has three children. Half of them are boys.
How is this possible?
In one family, there are seven sisters, and each
sister has one brother. How many siblings (brothers
and sisters) are there in total?
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Optical Illusions
524a
The World of Julian Beever 31
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Optical Illusions
The World of Julian Beever 31
524b
Word Game
525
Rearrange the letters of each word to make another
word. The four new words must all rhyme...
Onset
News
Wrong
Hornet
Notes
Page
Dingbats
526
Everyday expressions
1.
2.
3.
Notes
Page
Brain Teasers - Tricky
527
A rope ladder is hanging over the side of a ship.
The ladder is 10 metres long, and the rungs are
100 cms apart. The lowest rung is resting on the
surface of the ocean. The tide rises at the rate
100 cms per hour. How long will it take before
the water is four rungs from the top of the ladder?
How many times can you subtract 2 from 21
without getting a negative number for an answer?
Notes
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Brain Teasers
528a
Place six X's on an OXO board without making
a line of three...
Place the numbers 1-9 on another OXO board so
that every row and column adds up to 15
Brain Teasers
528b
X X
X
X
X
X
4
3
8
9
5
1
2
7
6
Brain Teaser
529
The young farm animals have been playing
tug of war. With 3 piglets on one side and 2
kids (young goats) on the other side, the game
ended in a tie. Similarly, with 3 calves on one
side and 4 kids on the other side, the game
ended in a tie. Which side, if either, will win if
one side has 5 piglets and the other side has 2
calves?
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The World of Julian Beever 32
530
Dingbats
531
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
Know IT No
GMadeB
rOBbErs
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The World of Julian Beever 33
532
Dingbats
533
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
Damn! ??
Quack quack
Cluck cluck
Shotgu
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Brain Teasers - Tricky
534
Farmer Smith owns three pink pigs, four brown pigs,
and two black pigs. How many of Farmer Smith's
pigs can say that it is the same colour as two
other pigs on the farm?
Sometimes, the older a coin is, the more valuable it
gets, but 2013 10p coins are still worth more than
1983 10p coins. Why?
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The World of Julian Beever 34
535
Dingbats
536
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
Hamlet
Word Word
Pinnacles
Waether
Notes
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Brain Teasers
537
Some bacteria divide themselves every minute into
two equal bacteria which also divide the next minute
and so on. We put some bacteria in a dish a 11:00
and the dish was full at 12.00. At what time was it
half-full?
One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy.
How heavy is one brick?
Notes
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Dingbats
538
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
0 2 YRROW
A
TEMPER TURE
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Brain Teasers
539
An old sea captain told this tale: one day two of my
sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship.
One was looking west and the other one east.
And at the same time, they said they could see
each other clearly. Strange things happen at sea.
Explain.
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The World of Julian Beever 35
540
Dingbats
541
Everyday expressions & a railway station
1.
T
2.
H
E
HENRY
R
Y
3.
Colt
Bren
Winchester
Kalashnikov
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Lateral Thinking
542
A window cleaner was cleaning a window on the
25th floor of a skyscraper on a windy day.
He suddenly slips and falls. He has no safety
equipment and nothing to soften his fall, and no
one helps him, but he is not hurt at all.
How ?
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Brain Teasers
543
(You may use a calculator for this one)
What number do you get if you multiply together
all the digits on a telephone keypad?
My cousin went out for a walk and it started to rain.
He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing
a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single
hair on his head got wet. How?
Notes
Page
The World of Julian Beever 36
544
Dingbats
545
Everyday expressions
1.
3.
2.
SAUCER
U
P
E
Y
E
S
Q
1
Notes
Page
Dingbats
546
Everyday expressions
1.
2.
cover
policeman
L
I
B
E
R
T
Y
3.
INSUCARRANCE
Notes
Page
Brain Teaser
547
All of my sisters pets are dogs except one. All
of her pets are cats except one. How many
cats and dogs does my sister have?
Notes
Page
Optical Illusions
The World of Julian Beever 37
548
Dingbats
549
Everyday expressions
1.
Midday
3.
2.
NOWHERE
Notes
Page
Brain Teaser
550
All of my cousin's dogs have silly names. The
dog named Jam is heavier than the dog
named Jelly.
The dog called Copper weighs more than the
dog called Brandy but less than the dog called
Pumpkin.
Brandy weighs more than Jelly.
Pumpkin weighs less than Jam.
List my cousin's dogs in the order of their
weights, starting with the heaviest.
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