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Headless Words Puzzle – Funny Puzzles

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:25:19 +0000

Can you find these words from the clues?

If the clue were ‘Behead a mass killing to find amusement’, the answer would be LAUGHTER, since by beheading SLAUGHTER you are left with LAUGHTER.

Behead a journey by air to find illumination.
Behead a mark to produce a running competition.
Behead anger to find your years.
4. Behead a seat to get head covering.
Behead an apparition to find an entertainer of guests.
Behead a support to get a bat for tennis.
Behead the result of injury to make a vehicle.
Behead an old weapon to find a fruit.
Behead attractiveness to produce damage.
Behead a section to get lousy insects.

Logical Questions: Logical Puzzle

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:18:59 +0000

In a day at the library, 64 people borrowed books. Twice as many people borrowed a thriller only as borrowed a science fiction novel only. Three people borrowed a biography only and 11 people borrowed both science fiction and a thriller but not a biography. The same number borrowed a biography and a thriller but not a science fiction as borrowed one of each of the three types. Twenty-one people did not borrow a thriller. One more person borrowed a science fiction book and a biography book than borrowed a biography only.

How many biographies were borrowed in total?
How many people borrowed only two of three types?
How many people borrowed a thriller, a biography and a science fiction?
How many people borrowed a thriller only?

Age Puzzle Game

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:28:32 +0000

Age Puzzle

If you are 12 years or over:

Write down your age.

Reverse the figures.

So, if your age is 13, reversing the figures gives 31.

Take away your age from the second number.

Divide by nine.

You may not believe it but we know there won’t be remainder. Try it with anyone’s age.

English puzzle

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:10:02 +0000

My friend asked me this question: “my grandmother’s age is a perfect square. Also, it is equal to the difference the square of my father’s age and the square of my mother’s age. My father is one year older than my mother. Can you tell me how old my mother is?”

Maths Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:22:12 +0000

Which of the following words is the odd one out?

Capricious
Fickle
Unstable
Spurious
Inconstant

Top Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:47:39 +0000

A frog at the bottom of a well climbs up 3 ft every day, but slips back 2 ft during the night. How long will it take to reach the top, if the well is 20 ft deep?

Grade Puzzle

admin — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:16:58 +0000

Out of 100 people surveyed, 86 had an egg for breakfast, 75 had cornflakes, 62 had toast, and 82 had coffee. How many people, as least, must have had all four items?

Common Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:21:08 +0000

Here are American phrases and isioms that have become common in our country. Do you know what they mean?

1. off the wall

2. greenbacks

3. a grand

4. street-smart

5. yuppie

6. nerd

7. high five

8. spaced out

9. over the top

10. push the envelope

11. double take

12. hype

Rupees Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:04:53 +0000

Rupees Puzzle

A man left Rs. 4800 in his will, to be divided equally among his children who survived him. Sadly, some of his children predeceased him. As a result, each of the remaining children received Rs. 1120 more than they would have otherwise got. How many of their siblings had died?

Prefix Puzzle

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:16:55 +0000

Prefix Puzzle

Look at the words below. Can you think of a four letter word that could prefix all of them to make five new words?

. . . . DROP

. . . . FIRE

. . . . GROUND

. . . . HAND

. . . . LASH