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Brain Bogglers

1. M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O – What letter would follow?

March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, “November”

“N”

2. If attempted in some countries,it is punishable. If committed,it is not punishable.What is it?

“Suicide”

3.How many times does the letter 'f' appear in the following text? --begin counting now -- Fanny Filinger was of the impression that eighty-six years of history show that scientific research is of the utmost importance in every case of future generations. -- obviously stop counting

The f’s in the word 'of' can be tricky to catch.*F*anny *F*ilinger was o*f* the impression that eighty-six years o*f* history show that scienti*f*ic research is o*f* the utmost importance in every case o*f* *f*uture generations.

“8”

4. Forward I'm heavy, backward I'm not.What am I?

“TON”

5. There is a word in the English language where the first two letters indicate a male, the first three letters indicate a female, the first four indicate a great man and the whole word is a great woman. What is the word?

He,her,hero, heroine

“Heroine”

1. If in two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago from today, how old am I now?

12+2=14 12-5=7 7(2)=14. It is not 8 because8+2=10 8-5=3 3(2)-6.

“12”

2. What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister-in-law could be to you?

For anyone who got this wrong, BUT did not read the hint, I'm sorry, but I did put the hint in there because there were too many acceptable answers

“My Mom”

3.Out of the numbers given below,what would follow this sequence? 10, 4, 3, 11, 15

If you spell out the numbers, fourteen would come next. 10 has three letters, 4 has four letters, 3 has five letters, 11 has six letters, 15 has seven letters and 14 has eight letters.

“14”

4. Father, sister, cousin, mother, grandfather, aunt and uncle. Which one does not belong?

All the other answers are referring to a specific sex. Cousin can be male or female

“Cousin”

5.If Mr. and Mrs.Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother,how many people are in the Smith family?

Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, six daughters, one son. Each sister has ONLY one brother, not six. It is the same person. The answer is nine and not seven because I asked how many people were in the whole family, not how many children there were!

“9”