Daily Brain Teasers for Sunday, 26 April 2020
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Can you replace the question mark with a number?
MATH PUZZLE: Can you replace the question mark with a number? Remove 5 letters from this seq...
Remove 5 letters from this sequence (ESTOCPZKPILLEQ) to reveal a familiar English word. Find number abc
If 6bbc3 - 64ac6 = 2a9b find number abc. Multiple solutions may exist. 
Grandma
The family wheeled Grandma out on the lawn, in her wheelchair, where the activities for her 100th birthday were taking place. Grandma couldn't speak very well, but she could write notes when she needed to communicate.
After a short time out on the lawn, Grandma started leaning off to the right, so some family members grabbed her straightened her up, and stuffed pillows on her right. A short time later, she started leaning off to her left, so again the family grabbed her and stuffed pillows on her left.
Soon she started leaning forward, so the family members again grabbed her, then tied a pillowcase around her waist to hold her up. A grandson, who arrived late, came up to Grandma and said, "Hi, Grandma, you're looking good! How are they treating you?"
Grandma took out her little notepad and slowly wrote a note to the grandson...
"They won't let me fart."
Mathematical Puzzle: IF 1+1=...
Mathematical Puzzle: IF 1+1=5, 3+3=45 and 5+5=125 THEN 6+6=? Eduard SuessDied 26 Apr 1914 at age 82 (born 20 Aug 1831). Austrian geologist who helped lay the basis for paleogeography and tectonics (the study of the architecture and evolution of the Earth's outer rocky shell). He was an authority on structural geology, especially of mountains, and postulated the existence of the giant land mass Gondwanaland. While he was a professor (1857–1901) at the Univ. of Vienna, he also served for more than 20 years in the Austrian parliament. His Austrian-born son, Hans Suess, became a geochemist who pioneered radiocarbon dating techniques and was a founding faculty member of the University of California, San Diego.Image from Austrian commemorative stamp of 26 Apr 1989. |
Find a famous person
Find the first and the last name of a famous person. Text may go in all 8 directions. Length of words in solution: 5,6. What a winning combination?
The computer chose a secret code (sequence of 4 digits from 1 to 6). Your goal is to find that code. Black circles indicate the number of hits on the right spot. White circles indicate the number of hits on the wrong spot. 
CINEMANIA: Guess the movie title
See negative of movie scene and guess the title. Length of words in solution: 8 
Chess Knight Move
Find the title of movie, using the move of a chess knight. First letter is T. Length of words in solution: 3,9. Calculate the number 5394
NUMBERMANIA: Calculate the number 5394 using numbers [2, 8, 9, 5, 59, 569] and basic arithmetic operations (+, -, *, /). Each of the numbers can be used only once. 
