Brainteasers 14

We'll start easy this time and get harder as we go. In each of the first four sentences, you can find hidden the name of a country or a city. For example, you can find "Canada" in this sentence: The Englishman arrived on time and the American a day late.

1. A leather couch in a dining room is certainly out of place unless you have a very small apartment.

2. The merciless capitalists had the poor hobo stoned and beaten on the icy sidewalk.

3. In Paris, the French capital, you’ll see many fine buildings along with quite a few arrogant little canines.

4. Although he is an excellent artist, Bill has a hard time making a living off his pastels.

5.
The doctor, ready for bed, walked into his bedroom, turned off the light, and was able to get into bed before the room was dark. The bed is 20 feet from the light switch. How did the doctor do it?

6.
How can you throw a ball so it goes a short distance, stops, reverses, and goes the opposite way. You can’t bounce it off anything, hit it, or attach anything to it.

7.
Jake is four years younger than May. But in five years’ time May will be twice Jake’s age now. How old are they now?

8.
Rather than getting angry while waiting an hour for her meal to be served at the posh restaurant, Janet decides to pass the time by observing how the other customers make use of salt and pepper. She sees that some use only salt, some use only pepper, some use both, and some use neither. She sees nine people use salt, eleven use peppet. She also notices that three times as many took both as those who took none. How many customers did Janet observe?

9.
Huineng was bored and ready to close his fish market for the day. A customer came rushing in, pointed at a lobster, and said, "How much does that one weigh?" Huineng thought for a moment and said, "It weighs three-fourths of its weight plus three-fourths of three-fourths of a pound." How much did the lobster weigh?

10.
Replace each letter with a number to create a correct addition.

         n i n e
       s e v e n
       s e v e n
       s e v e n
     t h i r t y

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