Subject:	FW: Brain Tease

INSTRUCTIONS:

 Determine which word, number, title, or symbol does NOT  belong 
to the group.  There are 20 groups.  Get a piece of paper, select
the best answers, and write them down.  GUESS if you're not sure.
Please do not use any reference book in solving these puzzles.  

If you can solve 10 of these, you've done quite well.  If you solve 
15 or more, you are an odd person-because of your high level of 
skill and erudition!

 PUZZLES:

 1.   &, *, Orange, Apple

 2.  Macbeth, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III,  Titus
Adronicus, The Lady of Pleasure

3.  Garrulous, Itinerant, Loquacious, Babblative

4.  Chaste, Pure, Mancipium, Immaculate

5.  America, To, States, United, Of

6.  Perdurable, Permanent, Diuturnal, Eternal, Infinite, Littoral

7.  Frey, Thor, Frigga, Freya, Ceres, Njord

8.  Cerebrum, Medula, Atrium, Cerebellum

9.  1, 3, 5, 7

10.   Surinam, Trujillo, Congo, Malagasy

11.  Griffin, Unicorn, Manticore, Chimera, Sphinx

12.   Caroche, Caravan, Train, Motorcade, Cavalcade

13.   Football, Basketball, Bowling, Boxing, Golf, Tennis

14.   Mississipi, Amazon, Missouri, Idaho, Nile, Ebro

15.   1776, 1782, 1789, 1917

16.   Lunatic, Crater, Mendicant, Artemis, Tide, Metonic

17.   Theodore, Eleanor, Lisa, Franklin

18.   Quadrilateral, Hexagon, Octagon, Nonagon

19.   Castle, Dune, Top, Stone, Dollar

20.   Sausage, Brain, Chain, Missing




AFTER ANSWERING THE PUZZLES, SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IF YOUR 
ANSWERS (OR GUESSES) ARE CORRECT. GOOD LUCK!



 

IF YOU HAVE NOT WRITTEN DOWN YOUR ANSWERS,  DO NOT SCROLL 
DOWN FURTHER. THAT  WOULD BE CHEATING.  GET A PIECE OF
PAPER AND WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS.  COME ON, BE HONEST.


 ANSWERS:

 1.  Orange - the two symbols, when written as words, begin with the
letter A as does Apple.

2.  The Lady of Pleasure - the others were written by Shakespeare.

3.  Itinerant - the others are synonyms of the word talkative.

4.  Mancipium - the other words  are synonyms of the word  pure.

 5.  To - the other words, when placed in order make "United
 States of America".

 6.  Littoral - the other words are synonyms of the word permanent.

7.  Ceres - the other gods and goddesses are Norse gods,  while Ceres
is a Roman god.

8.  Atrium - the others are sections of the brain.

 9.  1 - it is the only number that is not prime.

10.  Surinam - the others are previous names of countries;
 Surinam is a current name.

 11.  Unicorn - the other creatures have the body of a lion.

 12.  Caroche - the other words represent a series of moving objects.

13.  Boxing - it is the only sport listed that does not  employ a ball.

 14.  Idaho - the other words are names of rivers.

 15.  1782 - the other numbers represent years in which major
revolutions took place.

 16.  Mendicant - the other words are related to the moon.

17.  Lisa - the others are first names of famous people with  the last
name Roosevelt.

18.  Nonagon - the other shapes have an even number of sides.

19.  Top - the other words represent something distinct when they come
after  the word "sand," or when they are parts of  the word"sand."

20.  Brain - the other words represent something distinct when they
come before the word "link."