Brainfood Page Archive: 2007
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| A Christmas Shopping Riddle
This problem will remain up through the Christmas season - check back in January for a new puzzle!
William went Christmas shopping. He spent half of his money on his sister's Christmas present, and a third of his money on his brother's Christmas present.
After that, he spent two-thirds of the remaining money on his mother's Christmas present, and then he had twenty dollars left, which he gave to his father.
How much money did William start out with? Please explain your answer!
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Dec 16, 2007 | Orange And Purple
This is more a trivia question than a riddle. If you don't know the answer, a bit of online research might turn up the solution.
Besides the fact that they are colors, what unusual trait do ORANGE and PURPLE share?
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Dec 9, 2007 | Rhyming Association: White, Money, Student
What three rhyming words are associated with the following words:
WHITE
MONEY
STUDENT
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Dec 2, 2007 | Transportation, A Big Mistake and A Firearm
Part of me is a mode of transportation.
Part of me is a big mistake.
All of me is a firearm.
What am I?
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Nov 25, 2007 | Thanksgiving Food Guide
In honor of Thanksgiving, this riddle will remain up for two weeks. Everyone enjoy time with friends and family! And for Canadian visitors, Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
Here's the puzzle. At Thanksgiving the Wellers family gets together and has a strange meal which includes: cranberries, carrots, stuffing, lettuce, peppers, cheese, meatballs, pizza, and apple juice.
List two more items which could be on the menu, and explain why!
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Nov 11, 2007 | Word Association: Case, Shoulder, Call
What word is commonly associated with the following three words?
CASE
SHOULDER
CALL
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Nov 4, 2007 | Land Of Sixteen Fingers
In the strange land of sixteen fingered people, they have developed a numeral system quite different from our own.
In their land, many of their numbers look like our letters:
I = 1
L = 3
I = 4
U = 7
C = 11
n = 13
Given that information, can you deduce what number is represented by our letter O?
You must explain your answer!
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Oct 28, 2007 | Word Association: elaborate, heart, Lydia
I won't kid you on this one...if I was asked to solve this word association, I have my doubts that I would figure it out. To help you out a little bit, I'll tell you that one of your clue words is connected to the Bible.
Running a search at Bible Gateway might help you out.
Anyway, the question is: what single word can be associated with the following words?
ELABORATE
HEART
LYDIA
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Oct 21, 2007 | Something Tasty! What Is It?
Here is an unfinished sentence and a list of four words. If ONLY ONE of the four words will complete the message, which word is it?
The Unfinished Sentence
HOW I LOVE A TASTY...
The Words
A. PIE
B. COOKIE
C. MILKSHAKE
D. WATERMELON
You must submit an explanation with your answer!
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Oct 14, 2007 | Word Association: Pump, Number, First
What single word is often associated with each of the following?
PUMP
NUMBER
FIRST
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Oct 7, 2007 | Sequence Of Numbers
What number comes next in the following sequence of numbers?
23, 57, 1113, 1719, 2329...
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Sep 30, 2007 | Word Association: Cheese, Shoe, Guitar
What word is commonly associated with each of the following words?
Cheese
Shoe
Guitar
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Sep 23, 2007 | Riddle: An animal which is never old
Here is a silly riddle for you...
What animal is never old?
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Sep 16, 2007 | Baseball, Tree, Sales
Well, we got off to a good start last week - lots of correct solutions to the puzzle - let's see how you do with this week's puzzle...
What word is often associated with each of the following three words?
BASEBALL
TREE
SALES
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Sep 9, 2007 | Marcus and Lucetius
Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all had a great summer. This year's BrainFood puzzles are going to be a mixed bag...there will be several "Word Associations", like last year's puzzles, but there will be a variety of other puzzles interspersed throughout.
Your first puzzle for this year is a coded message. The question is: What number is represented by the following coded message?
Marcus Can't Make Lucetius Violate Impressive Instructions.
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Sep 1, 2007 | Family, Wave, Teeth: A Word Association
What single word is in some way related to each of the following words?
WAVE
FAMILY
TEETH
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Jun 3, 2007 | Wind, Baker, Bird - A Rhyming Association
What three rhyming words can be associated with the following words:
WIND
BAKER
BIRD
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May 27, 2007 | Feather, Head, Green, Year - Word Association
What word can be associated with the following words:
FEATHER
HEAD
GREEN
YEAR
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May 20, 2007 | Storm, Evil, Apple - A Word Association
What word is associated with each of the following:
STORM
EVIL
APPLE
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May 13, 2007 | Ox, Wheel, Tree - A Rhyming Association
What three rhyming words are associated with the following:
OX
WHEEL
TREE
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May 6, 2007 | Egg, Island - A Word Association
This word association is a bit different, because there are only two words listed - this may open up lots of possible solutions.
What word is associated with both of the following words?
EGG
ISLAND
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Apr 29, 2007 | Tired, Ear, Day - A Word Association
What word is associated with each of the following words?
TIRED
EAR
DAY
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Apr 22, 2007 | Hole, Push, Hook - A Word Association
What word can be used in conjunction with each of these words:
HOLE
PUSH
HOOK
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Apr 15, 2007 | Absurd, Club, Cold - Rhyming Association
What three rhyming words can be associated with the following three words:
ABSURD
CLUB
COLD
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Apr 8, 2007 | Rose, Pin, Punch - A Word Association
What word can be associated with each of the following?
ROSE
PIN
PUNCH
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Apr 1, 2007 | Cow, Praise - A Word Association
This word association is a bit different, because there are only two words listed - this may open up lots of possible solutions.
What word is associated with both of the following words?
COW
PRAISE
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Mar 25, 2007 | Cereal, Dog, Cruel - A Word Association
What word can be associated with each of the following words? Hint: you are actually looking for two words that sound alike; one is a PROPER NOUN, and is spelled differently from the other)
CEREAL
DOG
CRUEL
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Mar 18, 2007 | Phone, shout, live, magic - A Rhyming Association
What four rhyming words can be associated with the following words?
PHONE
SHOUT
LIVE
MAGIC
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Mar 11, 2007 | Leaf, Antelope, Ground - A Word Association
Another word association with a twist - you are looking for TWO words that sound identical (but are spelled differently). These words can be associated with each of the following.
LEAF
ANTELOPE
GROUND
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Mar 4, 2007 | Water, Kind, Cost, Rodents - Rhyming Association
What rhyming words can be associated with the following words?
WATER
KIND
COST
RODENTS
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Feb 25, 2007 | Dirt, Spice, Robbery, Bell - A Rhyming Association
There are four rhyming words that can be associated with each of the following words. What are the four rhyming words?
Dirt
Spice
Robbery
Bell
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Feb 18, 2007 | Trousers, guitar, wood - A Word Association
What word can be associated with each of the following? Note: you are actually looking for two words which are spelled differently, but sound identical!
Trousers
Guitar
Wood
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Feb 11, 2007 | Neck, Bread, Growing - A Word Association
Warning...this word association is a bit tricky because it includes a foreign language clue. To help you out, the language is French, and if you don't know French, you can still solve it, by using an online translator (like the one in Google's "Language Tools") to figure it out.
What one (English) word is associated with each of the following words?
Neck
Bread
Growing
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Feb 4, 2007 | Shoe, Sell, Head - A Word Association
What word can be associated with each of the following words?
SHOE
SELL
HEAD
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Jan 28, 2007 | Heart, Tooth, Standard - A Word Association
What word can be used in association with each of the following?
Heart
Tooth
Standard
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Jan 21, 2007 | Horn, Golf, Money - A Word Association
What one word can be associated with each of the following?
Horn
Golf
Money
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Jan 14, 2007 | Logic, Scent, Feet - A Word Association
What word can be used in conjunction with the following three words?
Logic
Scent
Feet
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Jan 7, 2007 | Horse, Football, Mercy Word Association
What one word is used in conjunction with the following three words?
Horse
Football
Mercy
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