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2009-09-24T23:31:00.001-07:00

Within the BrainBashers school, the science department has three disciplines. In total, 280 students study chemistry, 254 students study physics and 280 students study biology. 97 students study both chemistry and physics, 138 students study both physics and biology, 152 students study both chemistry and biology. 73 students study all three disciplines. Can you determine how many students there are in the science department? The answer is well below 814.

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2009-09-24T23:28:00.000-07:00

Hidden in the grid above are 6 hidden animals, once you have crossed of the hidden animals, you should be left with seven letters, which spell another animal. The letters are hidden in sequence using the move of a chess knight. For example, if the first letter of one of the animals was the top-right F, then the second letter could only be either F or A.

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2009-09-24T23:23:00.001-07:00

During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole Mrs Archer's cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:

Arnold:  it wasn't Edward
         it was Brian

Brian:   it wasn't Charlie
         it wasn't Edward

Charlie: it was Edward
         it wasn't Arnold

Derek:   it was Charlie
         it was Brian

Edward:  it was Derek
         it wasn't Arnold

It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?

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2009-09-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

Answer quickly! Starting with an empty barrel, which happens first?

2/3 full
1/4 empty
1/2 full
3/4 empty

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2009-09-24T23:19:00.001-07:00

When the day before yesterday was referred to as the day after tomorrow, the day that was then called yesterday was as far away from the day we now call tomorrow as yesterday is from the day which we shall now be able to speak of last Monday as a week ago yesterday. What day is it?

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2009-09-23T23:14:00.000-07:00

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2009-08-04T04:35:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-29T05:07:00.000-07:00

How can this be true ? Have a look at the picture . All the lines are straight, the shapes that make up the top picture are the same as the ones in the bottom picture so where does the gap come from????

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2009-06-29T05:02:00.000-07:00

A man is in a rowing boat floating on a lake, in the boat he has a brick. He throws the brick over the side of the boat so as it lands in the water. The brick sinks quickly. The question is, as a result of this does the water level in the lake go up or down?

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2009-06-29T05:00:00.000-07:00

You have a 3 and a 5 litre water container, each container has no markings except for that which gives you it's total volume. You also have a running tap. You must use the containers and the tap in such away as to exactly measure out 4 litres of water. How is this done?

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2009-06-29T04:55:00.000-07:00

A drinks machine offers three selections - Tea, Coffee or Random but the machine has been wired up wrongly so that each button does not give what it claims. If each drink costs 50p, how much minimum money do you have to put into the machine to work out which button gives which selection ?

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2009-06-29T04:53:00.000-07:00

You're a farmer. You're going to a market to buy some animals. On the market there are 3 types of animals for sale. You can buy - Horses for £10 each , goats for £1 each and ducks - you get 8 of these per bunch and each bunch costs £1.The aim is to acquire 100 animals at the cost of £100, what is the combination of horses, goats and ducks that allows you to do this? (You must buy at least one of each.)

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2009-06-29T04:41:00.000-07:00

A windowless room contains three identical light fixtures, each containing an identical light bulb. Each light is connected to one of three switches outside of the room. Each bulb is switched off at present. You are outside the room, and the door is closed. You have one , and only one, opportunity to flip any of the external switches. After this, you can go into the room and look at the lights, but you may not touch the switches again. How can you tell which switch goes to which light?

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2009-06-29T04:39:00.000-07:00

Find a four digit number which when divided by 131 gives remainder 112 and if divided by 132 gives remainder 98.

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2009-06-29T04:37:00.000-07:00

Consider a chessboard with a single Rook. A Rook can move any number of square
sideways or forward, but not diagonally.What is the minimum number of moves the Rook needs to make, in order to pass over all the squares on the chessboard and return to the original position?(Take any square as a starting position for the Rook.)