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A dazzling display by a minister during the Major Open of the British Championship in 1929.
View solutionNumber Patterns
What is the next in this pattern:
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 89, 47, 13, 18, 33, 85, 79, 4, 5, ?
View full teaser and answerQoucorrian Math
While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements.
While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the Standard English math. They also give you four, true, Quocorrian math problems. They are:
2+2=9
4*1=1
5-2=16
-3+2=64
So, according to this system, what is 6/2?
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A very minimalist position with a charming key. It’s a mate in two.
View solutionNumber Code
Consider the following,
Mine = 456
His = 768
Hers = 523
Yours = 908
Now what phrase can you get from the rebus below?
4 7 5 8
5 6 2 0
6 8 3 9
Heat
What are the last three letters in this series?
S, L, S, A, P, A, L, B, L, H, M, R, T, M, M, M, M, L, S, ?, ?, ?
View full teaser and answerNumber Series
What are the next three numbers in this series?
1, 3, 6, 55, 66, 171, 595, 666, 3003, 5995, ?, ?, ?
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A great Friday challenge for you! It’s a mating attack, which needs forcing moves. The toughest defense makes you go eight moves.
View solutionPalindrome
A palindrome is a word that reads the same when spelled backwards (eg rotavator). How could the following word be considered a palindrome?
Footstool
View full teaser and answerFootball
The scores were completely tied in the last few seconds of a football game, and a player was lining up the goal in his mind. He pictured himself scoring and the crowd cheering as he won the game. He kicked the ball, and it just dropped under the crossbar, yet his team still cheered, as they had won the game. How?
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White’s the exchange down and his queen is attacked, so it is necessary to come up with something—quickly!
View solutionEast of the Mississippi
Smarty was born and grew up in Massachusetts, but he never traveled east of the Mississippi River. How is this possible?
View full teaser and answerBlack to Play
It is Black’s move, and White is threatening a mate in one. How should Black stop White from winning?
View solutionThe Olympics
The Netherlands normally dominate in speed skating in the Winter Olympics, yet in 1944, they didn't win a single medal. Who did?
View full teaser and answerLetters and Numbers
Using a combination or letters and/or numbers to sound out the answers, can you solve the clues? (The first one is free)
1. Not difficult - EZ (Easy)
2. Unoccupied
3. To do better than others
4. Defeated
5. A number (use only letters for this one)
6. A sport
7. Freezing
Three Equations
The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true?
Q = 1, B = 2, P = 8
View full teaser and answerAlphabetical Numbers
If all 1-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, they are eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three, two. Here, eight comes first, and two comes last.
If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, which number comes first, and which number comes last?
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This position is won so many different ways. Gligoric picked a very imaginative way.
View solutionSix Clues
What are the answers to all these clues and what do those answers have in common?
1. An amber tinted paste used on a wienerwurst.
2. A purple fruit
3. Besides the number of days, the months of May and August have this in common.
4. A finely feathered and polychromatic avian friend.
5. A 7 letter word for a pigment like crimson.
6. A bleached and neutral hue.
Holiday Songs
Below are six statements which, if reworded, are actually the titles of six popular holiday songs. Can you decipher them? (For extra points, try the bonus!)
1. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.
2. Frozen precipitation commences.
3. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas.
4. I envisioned a trio of marine vessels.
5. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure that stimulates my auditory sense organs?
6. Leave and do a broadcast on an elevated peak.
Bonus: The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.
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