Brainfood Page Archive: 2002
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| Words of A Feather
Are, Came, Gape, Lien
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Dec 31, 2002 | A More Mathematical Problem!
What is the next number in the following sequence, and why?
7, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25
Submitted by Anonymous
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Dec 16, 2002 | A Common Quality
What quality do the following letters have in common?
B D G J P Q R U
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Dec 2, 2002 | Turtles and Moons
What do the following have in common?
turtle, moon, ear
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Nov 18, 2002 | Where Sea Meets Land
You'll find me where the sea meets land,
Proud, tall, and straight I stand.
Warmth in winter, and summer shade,
In between I begin to fade.
What am I?
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Nov 5, 2002 | Opposite Words
Explain how each pair of words below, are opposites:
1. thieves, rail
2. horse, dog
3. drum, goose
4. nails, pie
5. owl, post
Submitted by Graeme
Scoring: 1 point for each correct pair; two point bonus for all 5 correct the first time.
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Nov 4, 2002 | Some Special People
Well, last week's puzzle didn't have many solvers; maybe a few more people will get this one:
What do the following people have in common?
Moses
Superman
Cabbage Patch kids
Submitted by an anonymous visitor
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Oct 21, 2002 | All Of A Type
What unusual characteristic do the following words have in common?
port, quite, tier, pretty, power
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Oct 7, 2002 | At Concert Halls...
A noun, a verb, a number word
A mark or cut upon a page
At hockey games I'm always heard
At concert halls I'm all the rage
What am I?
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Sep 23, 2002 | An Alphabet?
What is the next item in the following sequence, and why?
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y
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Sep 9, 2002 | A Number List
What is the next item in the following sequence, and why?
2 4 5 6 8 12 14 15
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Aug 26, 2002 | The Fruit Basket
Twenty people went to a party. At the party was a basket filled with twenty apples. At the end of the party, each person took one apple, yet there was still one apple left in the basket.
How could this happen?
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Aug 12, 2002 | Peculiar Words
What rare quality do the following four words have in common?
facetious
abstemious
annelidous
arsenious
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Jul 29, 2002 | Elementary, My Dear Watson!
What is the next item in the following sequence, and why?
H H L B B C N
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Jul 15, 2002 | Hold The World
I'm large enough to hold the world
Yet I can sit upon a shelf
But most peculiar is the truth
That I contain myself
What am I?
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Jul 1, 2002 | A Truncated Alphabet
What rule defines the following sequence of letters?
B C D G J K P Q T V W Y Z
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Jun 11, 2002 |
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