11.25.08 Today's Teaser (from www.funzone.com)
Daily Brain Teaser / Puzzle
November 25, 2008
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"How much does one cost?" asked the customer in a hardware store.
"Twenty cents," replied the clerk.
"And how much will twelve cost."
"Forty cents."
"OK. I'll take nine hundred and twelve."
"Fine. That will be sixty cents."
What was the customer buying?
06/05/08
Today's Teaser / Puzzle (from www.funzone.com)
This Weeks Brain Teaser Contest Is Here and Weekly Sudoku Contest
Imagine you are a taxi driver and you are driving a 1978 yellow cab. Your
passengers are an older couple, and they want to travel 6 miles. You are
driving at 40 miles per hour with the tank one-third full, when, 2 miles
into the trip, the tank is down to one-quarter full. Ten minutes later, the
trip is over. What is the name and age of the cab driver?
March Puzzle
Not really an out of the box - more of a Social Studies Quiz. Let me know
how you do.....(Mom and Dad can take it, too.)
Knowledge of the US
24 out of 30 is considered a passing grade. Supposedly 96% of all High
School seniors FAILED this test... AND if that's not bad enough,
50+% of all individuals over 50 did too!! Go to the link on the Links Page
or cut and past the following into your browser. Good Luck, Mrs. Smith &
Mrs. Graffeo
http://games.toast.net/independence/
February Puzzle from the Summer Institute for the Gifted
Haretown and Tortoiseville are 40 miles apart. A hare travels at 8 miles
per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 2 miles
per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown. If both set out at the same time,
how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en
route?
From The SIGint, Sunday, July 29, 2007
Send your answer online at
http://www.giftedstudy.com/newsletter/puzzlecorner.asp. First correct answer
receives recognition in the March issue of The Gifted Student.
Each year, usually in late April or early May, The Case City Artists Guild
holds a show for aspiring amateur artists. It started out to be just a local
event but through the years it has become a state-wide festival. This year
over two hundred paintings were on display, and a few of them were from out-
of-state entrants. Cory and four other local artists were honored by winning
the five top awards. Each painted a different subject, and each has a
different full-time occupation (one is an electrician). Your task, using the
following clues, is to determine each man's full name, the winning position
of his painting, the subject of his work, and his occupation.
1. Neither Dana (who did not paint the floral arrangement) nor Mr. Hayes won
first prize.
2. Mr. Pruett (who is not Greg) painted neither the mountain panorama nor
the self-portrait.
3. The carpenter (who is not Basil) did not place as high as either Kent or
Mr. Torino, but he placed higher than Mr. Baxter (who did not select a
floral theme).
4. The automobile mechanic placed higher than Greg, but not as high as Mr.
Hayes.
5. Mr. Vaughn placed lower than the man who works in a florist shop and at
least one other artist, but higher than the man who painted the seascape.
6. The landscape (which was not painted by Dana) placed higher than both
Basil's painting and the self-portrait, but not as high as the plumber's
effort.
7. The floral painting (which did not place third) was the work of neither
the plumber nor the florist.
Extracted from: www.dailypuzzles.com
Summer Thinking 05-30-07:
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants
know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several
growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are
the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside
the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't
been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters " dw" and
they are all common words. Name two of them
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least
half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.
9.. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the
letter "S."
Week of 3/11/07
A convicted murdered was condemned to the a life sentence. He had a choice
of 3 rooms. Which one is the safest?
1. A room full of raging fires?
2. A room full of assasins with fully-loaded guns?
3. A room fulll of lions who haven't eaten in three years?
Week of 11/20/2006
A girl was collecting shells in an empty bag. How many shells can she put in
her bag?
Two daughters and two mothers went to the movies. They spent a total of
$15.00 on tickets. How much did each spend?
A plane crashed. Where did they bury the survivors?
Week of 9/16/2006
A barber in New York City would rather the cut the hair of two Americans
than
one Frenchman any day of the week. Why?
Week of 10/9/06
Look at the following states and the number next to them: California 3;
Florida 2; Maine 1; Alabama 4. What would come next to Ohio?
5 - There are 5 states adjoining Ohio.
Week of 9/24/2006
Four men named Bob, Mike, Sam and Will are standing in the back of a line.
Which one doesn't belong?
Hint: Think sports!
Courtesy of Marilyn vos Savant in Parade Magazine
Week of 9/11/2006
What is the correct placement of the following in a 3x3 grid:
TC, BC, MC, TL, BL, ML, TR, BR, MR
From: Marilyn vos Savant in Parade Magazine
Week of 9/5/2006
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Add 5 to make 9
Answer: add a diagonal LINE between the first 2 lines, a diagonal line
between lines 4 and 5 and 5 straight lines at equal distance connected to
the
6th line. The result? NINE
(Remember to think OUT OF THE BOX - the puzzle didn't say 5 WHAT!)
from Kenneth Foshee - Gifted Instructor, McAdory
8/30/2006
Out of the Box
What mathematical property is shared by the following words:
acknowlege
beginnings
carpenter
delivery
elsewhere
friendlier
governs
hopsital
immature
judiciary
keyboards
landscaping
mailboxes
nostaligc
ornament
pasture
quarter
reciprocal
shadowing
telephone
unavailable
verbalize
whenever
Hint: a mathematical pattern is like they all have the same number of vowels
or the same number of syllables.
Contributed by Marilyn vos Savant - Parade Magazine
Answer: If you assign a value to each number (a=1, b=2, etc.) each words
is "worth" 100.
Hink Pinks are thinking puzzles. The answers have the same number of
syllables AND rhyme. The question is NEVER part of the answer. CLUE:
Think "synonyms". RESOURCES: Thesaurus, Dictionary.
Student Hink Pinks:
What do you call....a plant that makes clothes smell good?
(febreeze trees)
A detergent that sucks blood?
(a leech bleach)
A vegetable that fish grow?
(a trout sprout)
I have found many lists of these on the internet and as well as a few books.
Other "Out of the Box" problems help the students with logic and thinking
creatively to solve a problem. Often students will look at a problem and
think, "I don't know." and just stop. The objective of these exercises is to
give the students strategies with which to attempt the unknown. Some of
these require very little prior knowledge of people or places. Sometimes the
problems will require a little research in a dictionary, thesaurus, or on
the internet.
An example of this would be a problem taken from Marilyn vos Savant:
Can you find the way in which these 2 lists are OPPOSITES?
1. abhors, almost, begins, chimps, chintz
2. polka,solid, spoke, sponge, tonic, wronged
The answer?
In the first list, the letters in each word are in alphabetical order.
In the second list, the letters in each word are in REVERSE alphabetical
order.
Or, how about this one?
What do these numbers have in common besides the fact that they are all 3-
digits and go from lesser to greater?
111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888, 999
The Answer?
They're all perfectly divisible by 3!!
