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." |
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