Brainteaser for April 17, 2010

Question:
A certain family party consisted of 1 grandfather, 1 grandmother, 2 fathers, 2 mothers, 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 1 brother, 2 sisters, 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 father-in-law, 1 mother-in-law, and 1 daughter-in-law. This may appear appear to add up to 23 people but was in fact only 7.

Who all was the party?

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Brainteaser for April 16, 2010

Question:
In a game of poker, a hand of five cards had the following features.

There was no card of greater value than 10.(ace being above 10)
No two cards were the same value.
Every suit was represented.
The total value of the odd cards was equal to the value o f the even cards.
No three cards were in sequence.
The black cards totaled 10 in value.
The hearts totaled 14 in value.
The lowest card was a spade.

What was the hand?

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Brainteaser for April 15, 2010

Question:
Curtail me thrice, I am youth; Behead me once a snake. I’m often used in truth When certain steps you take.

What am I?

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Brainteaser for April 14, 2010

Question:
A ball rebounds half it’s height when dropped. If it is dropped from a distance of 1 meter, what distance will it travel before coming to rest.

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Brainteaser for April 13, 2010

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:	45
Divide by 3:	??
Add 66:	??
Double it:	??
Subtract 113:	??
Take the Square root:	??
Multiply by 9:	??
Triple It:	??
Subtract 57:	??
Take three quarters:	??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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Brainteaser for April 12, 2010

Question:
Delete one letter from STENTORIAN and re-arrange the remaining letters to make another word.
Now delete from this new word and rearrange the remaining letters to make another new word and so on until you only have one letter left.
List the 10 words you came up with.
(10 includes STENTORIAN)

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Brainteaser for April 11, 2010

Question:
Below is the alphabet broken into two groups. What distinguishes one group from the other?

CDILMVX

ABEFGHJKNOPQRSTUWYZ

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Brainteaser for April 10, 2010

Question:
Below are five words Use the same letters, all of them, but no more to make a list of 4 words.
Then use them all again to make a list of 3 words.

FEZ GIN RUNT SHOW VEX

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Brainteaser for April 9, 2010

Question:
There are three blond sisters named Dinah, Betty, and Marilyn. Only Dinah might die her hair a different colour.

Concealed in the two previous sentences is something that could explode, what is it?

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Brainteaser for April 8, 2010

Question:
Math Chain:

Start with:	98
Take two sevenths:	??
Triple It:	??
Add 78:	??
Take 50 percent:	??
Subtract 63:	??
Multiply by 6:	??
Take six ninths:	??
Divide by 3:	??
Multiply by 5:	??

What is the answer at the end of the chain?

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