1260 Challenging Brain Teasers Page 49 of 84
Test your solving skills on these brain teasers that involve logic puzzles, math puzzles, word puzzles and more.
721. The following are different kinds of _____?
Reshabar Shamal Kosava Harmattan Pampero
722. Fill in the blanks to complete the word below.
_ E _ M _ T _ _ C _ L _ _
723. The letters below share a common physical characteristic that some of the other capital letters don't. What is that characteristic and are there any other letters that should be in this group?
A H M T U V
724. What two-word combinations, formed from different arrangements of the same 10 letters, can be used to complete the sentences below?
The doctor prescribed a __________ for the French gourmet. He became so upset by this change in his lifestyle that he ignored the __________ while driving home and had an accident.
725. Here's a "trickle down" puzzle. Change one letter at a time on each of the lines after the first word in order to get the last word.
Race
____
____
____
Pits
726. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?
The cry of the _________ sounded as if it consisted of all _______.
727. Each of the words below has an interesting feature that has nothing to do with its part of speech or meaning. What is it?
patrols saviour float caveat latent
728. Below are five words that are all related to another word. The word may be a prefix, suffix, or a separate second word from one of the choices. Example: man, truck, sure, place, back Answer: fire
Try these five: dog, hard, block, shed, wind
729. Imagine eight cubes of the same size. What are the maximum and minimum number of faces that can be fused together using all eight cubes to form a solid object?
730. What one three-letter word can be added to the blanks below to make a new word in each case?
_____KING
_____DON
_____TAKE
731. What is the next prime number?
2 3 7 19 53 131 ____?
732. Each sentence below can be completed with a word that is spelled the same but pronounced differently (different words for each sentence).
The Foreign Legionnaire was strongly tempted to __________, but was all too aware of the dangers in the _________.
"_________ my shoes, please," said the tourist in the _________ shoeshine shop.
733. What two numbers will give you an answer of 12 when one is subtracted from the other and an answer of 589 when they are multiplied together?
734. The names of two colors are hidden in the sentence below. Can you find them?
They are definitely not an odd couple.
735. A simple substitution cryptogram has been used to encode a contradiction in the English language. Can you find the contradiction?
XIFO UIF TUBST TIJOF, UIFZ BSF PVU, CVU XIFO BO FMFDUSJD MJHIU JT OPU XPSLJOH, JU'T PVU.
