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Brainteasers 53

Easy + hard = h _ _ d _ c h _ !

Numbers 4 and 7 aren't classics in the brainteaser world, but they should be. . .

1.
Here are the names of four colors, with the vowels removed. What are the four colors?

NDG CRS MRN MGNT

INDIGO, CERISE, MAROON, MAGENTA

2.

"O" is the center of the circle. AB is parallel to OD. AO and BC are perpendicular to OD. OC is five light-years long, and CD is 1 light-year long. What is the length of AC?

Six light-years.ABOC is a perfect rectangle.
Both diagonals of a rectangle are the same length.
OB is a diagonal of the rectangle and is also a radius of the circle. We know that the radius of the circle is six light-years
because we are told that OC + CD = 5 + 1 = 6.

3.
Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each.

TEACHER, SACHET, EARACHE.

4.
What are the next four letters in the series:

Y Y H L Y E Y T ...

R, R, R, R
(The series is made from the final letters
of the names of the months)

5.
What do the following numbers have in common?

3     7    10    11    12

The only vowel they contain is "e".

6.
What do the following words have in common?

FAST THROUGH DOWN AWAY WATER NECK

You can add "break" in front of each one
to form a new word.

7.
What should the tenth number in this series be?

3.
(The series shows the number of letters
in the words ONE, TWO, THREE, etc.)

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