Brain Teaser Of The Day: Beethoven’s Teaser

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Dec 022014
 
Beethoven was a lover of teasers of all kinds, and often submitted the following to his friends.

What word can be created when following these directions?

1. Start at D.
2. Go up Eight.
3. Go down Eleven.
4. Go up Five.

What word is it?

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Brain Teaser Of The Day: Three Of A Kind 2

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Nov 142014
 
Figure out what the trio in each set have in common. As long as each answer is a six-letter plural word, ending in -s.

Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD: TRACKS

1) Hunting dog
Compass
Scoreboard

2) Dungeon
Jewelry store
Sequence

3) Fish
Sheet music
Dieters

4) Municipal parking lot
Electric utility
Rhythm in verse

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Brain Teaser Of The Day: Find A Rhyme

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Oct 192014
 
Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form “__, __, and __”.

Example:
Clue = “Cook, Wine, Drinker”
Answer = “Hook, Line, and Sinker”

1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, Label
7. Warning, Soon, Flight

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