Brainteasers
1. Study this paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually,
nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don't just zip through it
quickly, but study it scrupulously. With luck you should spot what is so particular about
it and all words found in it. Can you say what it is? Tax your brains and try again. Don't
miss a word or a symbol. It isn't all that difficult, now is it?
2. Some months have 30 days and some have 31 days. How many of them have 28 days.
3. Lee’s parents immigrated from China. They have five children. They named the first
four, La, Li, Li, and Lo. What did they name the fifth child?
4. If there are five apples and you take away two, how many apples to you have.
5. What three numbers have the same answer when added together and multiplied
together?
6. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness
without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
You may find me in the sun, but I am never seen out of darkness.
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Solutions
1. There are no “E’s” in the entire paragraph.
2. All of them have 28 days.
3. Lee. The name of the fifth child is stated in the first sentence of the question.
4. You now have two apples.
5. 1, 2, and 3
6. The letter “S”