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BRAIN TWISTER # 45 4/24/2021

Mayor Chris P. Bacon was having a debate with city council over taxes.The council was unsure  whether  taxes should be increased during this  time  of uncertainty.Beingthe wise mayor that he is,Mayor Bacon said the answer could be found in a series of questions. He then asked the  council the following,"What do the poor have ,the rich need,and if you eat it ,you will die???  Answer:     Nothing.

BRAIN TWISTER# 44 12/19/2020

Santa HAS TO DELIVER ALOT OF GIFTS REALLY FAST ON Christmas EVE ,the  HIGH SPEED AND ALSO THE WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES HE HAS TO PASS THRU MAY CAUSE SOME EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO HIS sleigh. SO EVERY YEAR THE ELVES IN THE PAINT SHOP HAVE TO REPAINT THE SLIEGH WITH A SPECIAL COATING TO PROTECT IT FROM THE HARSH environment. IT'S KINDA LIKE THE EXTERIOR OF THE SPACE SHUTTLES HAD TO BE PROTECTED. ANYWAY THE ELVES HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM BECAUSE THE SPECIAL COATING COMES IN A HIGHLY CONDENSED FORMULA . THE DIRECTIONS SAY TO MIX ALL THE CONTENTS thoroughly WITH EXACTLY 4 GALLONS OF CLEAN WATER BEFORE APPLYING IT TO THE sleigh. HERE'S THE PROBLEM . THE ONLY EMPTY CONTAINERS IN THE SHOP ARE AN EMPTY OLD 5 GALLON PAINT CAN AND AN EMPTY 3 GALLON TUB THAT NUTS AND BOLTS FOR THE TOYS COME IN. THERE IS PLENTY OF CLEAN WATER AS THE SHOP MELTS FRESH SNOW FOR THEIR WATEr supply' answer :  Fill 5 gallon bucket full. pour water from 5 gallon bucket into 3 gallonbucket until full. This leaves 2 gallons in the 5 gallon bucket. now empty out 3 gallon bucket  and refill with the 2 gallons in the five gallon bucket. you should now have 2 gallons in the 3 gallon bucket and an empty 5 gallon bucket.fill the five gallon bucket from the water source . now pour out just enough water from the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket to fill it up. This will take 1 gallon ,thus leaving the needed 4gallons you want ,in the 5 gallon bucket.  

BRAIN TWISTER #43  12/12/2020

A humble man is sitting in a pub trying to figure out how to pay his rent  when he notices the man next to him pull  a wad of $50 bills  out of his wallet. The humble man turns to the apparent rich man and says "I have an amazing talent, I know almost every song that ever existed.  The rich man laughs in disbelief. The humble man says "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in

your  wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a ladys name of your choice in it." The rich man laughs again and says  "ok, how about my daughters name  , Rosemary Elizabeth Miller?"  The rich man goes home poor and the humble man goes home with money for rent and then some.  What song did the humble man sing? Answer:   Happy Birthday Song 

BRAIN TWISTER #42  12/5/2020

 It is time  for the Christmas ball at the Lumberjack Lodge ,a great event for the Sawmill Valley  residents.

As guest were arriving , a truthful politician, an honest used car salesman and Snta Claus got on to an elevator up to the ballroom.  Just before the doors opened they all noticed a $5 bill lying on the elevator floor . The question is :  who picked up the $5 bill?   Answer :  Santa ,  the other two folks don't exist.

BRIAN TWISTER  #41 11/28/2020

Hank has devised his own method of pricing items. For example, if you walked into Hanks Hardware and Haberdashery today, you could buy a vest for $20, a nice pair of pants for $25  a  hammer for $30 and a saw would cost you $15. Using Hank’s pricing method, how much would  googles cost?   Answer:  $35 .  Hank simply charges $5 for each letter required to spell the item.

BRAIN TWISTER #40 11/21/2020

Old man Crouch told his son he would give him $1,000.00 .He told his son that all he had to do was accomplish the following task. Old man Crouch gave his son ten envelopes and $1,000.00 all in one dollar bills .He told his son to place the money in the envelopes in such a manner that no matter what number of dollars Crouch ask for , his son would be able to give it to him in one or more envelopes containing the exact amount ask for without having to open any envelopes.If the son can do this he gets the $1,000.00 .  How is this accomplished ? The  ten envelopes should be filled with the following amounts ...1,2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and 489. The first nine numbers are a geometric progression ,and their sum , deducted from 1000 gives the contents of the last envelope.   

BRAIN TWISTER  #39  11 /14/2020 

  Frankie from Frankies window washing and sky diving school was checking out at Cottonwood’s five and dime. When the cashier totaled up his purchase it came to 30cents. Well, frankie felt in his pocket and told the cashier, I have two coins that add  to 30 cents but one is not a nickel. .What are the two coins? Answer :  The two coins are a nickel and a quarter.The one is not a quarter as Frankie says ,  but the other coin is.

BRAIN TWISTER  #38  11/7/2020

            This weeks brain twister goes as follows: Ollie from Extra Parts Auto Repair was working on mayor chris p bacon’s blacked out suv when he discovered all the oil in his shop had gone missing. To Ollie’s surprise, as he was looking for the oil he found a suspicions crumpled up note with greasy fingerprints laying on the floor near where he stored the oil. All the note contained was numbers which were as follows: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718. He asked his two employees Sam the technician and Bill the oil and lube guy if they knew who took the oil. Both denied any knowledge. Can you crack this sawmill valley mystery so mayor bacon can get his suv back? Know the answer ?  Answer if you turn the numbers upside down and end for end they resemble letters . it reads .....Bill is boss he sells oil.  .

BRAIN TWISTER #37 10/31/2020

Two witches are flying toward each other at a constant speed of 10 mph. When the witches are 20 miles apart, a goblin flies from the front of one of the witches broom toward the other witch at a constant speed of 25 mph. As soon as it reaches the front of the other witches broom, it immediately turns around and flies at 25 mph toward the first witch. It continues this pattern until the two witches broom smush the pesky goblin between the front of their brooms. Question: How far did the goblin travel?   

Answer: 25 miles. The easiest way to think about this is to consider the time. The brooms will take 1 hour to touch, given that they start 20 miles apart and each is traveling toward the other at 10 mph. Therefore the goblin is flying back and forth at 25 mph for 1 hour.

BRAIN TWISTER #36  10/24/2020

Handyman Huan was digging a foundation for an addition he was adding to a customer’s home when he came across three chests. Each chest contained 100 coins. One chest had 100 silver coins, one chest had 100 gold coins and one chest had 50 gold coins and 50 silver coins. Each chest was labeled gold, silver or 50/50, but all were mislabeled. Believing this to be his lucky day, Handyman Haun phoned is wife and told her go ahead and get her hair died to cover up her graying roots. He then informed the owner of his find. The owner, grateful for Haun’s honesty, told Handyman Haun that he could pick just one coin from one of the three chests without looking in the chest. After picking the one coin, Haun must correctly label each of the three chests. If he was successful, the homeowner would give Haun the chest comprised of 50 gold coins and 50 silver coins. Question…was this Haun’s lucky day? If so, how did Handyman Haun succeed. Remember, each chest is mislabeled and Mrs Haun is headed to the beauty parlor? Answer  :

The answer is handyman haun selected from the 50/50 chest. If he gets a gold coin the chest labeled 50/50 had to be full of gold coins and the one marked silver should be 50/50 and the one marked gold has all silver coins. If he got a silver coin, the 50/50 chest had to be filled with silver coins and the one marked silver has to be all gold, and the one marked gold is 50/50.

BRAIN TWISTER #35  10/17/2020

Back in the early days of sawmill valley, a young lumberjack named Lars came to the area to work and raise a family. Lars and his wife had two sons. As time went on, Lar’s wife passed away and was soon followed by Lars, leaving only Lar’s two adult sons behind. In his will, Lar’s directed his sons to race their horses, and the one with the losing horse was to receive Lar’s entire inheritance, which had appreciated nicely over the years. So the two sons set a day, mounted their horses and had the race; however, the race never finished because both sons were holding their horses back so as to not cross the finish line first. To solve the problem, while still honoring their father’s wishes, the sons decided to consult a local wise man named Stevic. The sons explained the situation to Stevic and ask him what they should do. Sage Stevic pondered a moment, spat upon the ground, and then provided the brothers with guidance. The brothers then returned home and determined to race again - only this

time at full speed determined to cross the line first and get the prize. Question : What advice did Stevic   give the sons . Answer :  He told them to switch horses and race to be the first to finish.. The first one across the finish line would get the inheritance because he would still technically be the owner of the losing horse .

BRAIN TWISTER # 34  10/10/2020

While rummaging around the attic on a remodel job Marc finds 5 short chains. Each one is made of 4 gold links .Like Jed Clampet ,finding gold he sees dollar signs and starts thinking about loading up the truck and moving to Beverly, Hills that is , hollywood, moviestars etc..Then it occurs to him , if he combined the 5 short chains into one big loop of 20 links  it would be an incredibly valuable necklace.  So , he takes the gold chains to a jeweler who tells him the cost of making the 5 chains into a necklace will be $100 for each gold link  the jeweler  has to break and then reseal. Marc takes the jewelers quote and calculates the least amount he'll have to pay to turn the 5 chains into a single necklace .  QUESTION:  What's the lowest cost possible??  ANSWER:  $400 is the lowest price. Take one of the chains and break  all four links and use these four links to attach all the other chains into one necklace.

BRAIN TWISTER # 33  2/22/2020

.Luigie of the famed sawmill valley fine Italian eatery hosted an exclusivevalentines eve dinner. Those fortunate enough to get reservations were given a secret number to gain entrance. To ensure the number could not be found laying around for other would be attendees to see and gain entrance, Luigie consulted sawmill valley’s chief engineer, dr hurtsom. Dr Hurtsom devised the following code, and now that the dinner has passed Luigie has given us permission to share it. . It  is a three digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. Answer :   141 or 582

BRAIN TWISTER #32  2/15/2020

Mayor Chris P. Beacon was chatting it up over at Miss Jennie Bo bos truck stop and country cafe when he realized his watch had stopped. Concerned that he might be late for a movie with his wife he asked DrHurtsom,who was sitting at the counter with his son enjoying a bowl of  Miss Jennies world famous pistachio ice cream,what time it was. Dr. Hurtsom looked at his watch and replied“ if it is two hours later, then it will take half as much time till it’smidnight as it would be if it were an hour later. Perplexed,Mayor Beacon asked Miss Jennie Bobo for the time and hurried off. The question is what time was it? Answer  : 9 pm.

BRAIN TWISTER #31 2/8/2020

Handyman Haun was fishing off the florida  coast when his boat hit a coral shelf and sank.Luckily for Haun there was a deserted island a few hundred feet away.After dog paddling to the island,Haun did what any good handy person would do…he built a hut, trimmed it out, added a deck and waited to be rescued.Unfortunately, what he thought was a deserted island turned out to be an island used by pirates. Poor Huan was soon captured and cadged. The head pirate told Huan they would have to kill him to prevent him from disclosing their whereabouts. Haun tried to assure the pirates,if they freed him  he would never tell a soul,but his please fell on deaf ears. Finally,the head pirate told Haun he was allowed one final statement on which would hinge how he would die.The pirate said if the

statement haun made was false,he would be boiled in water.If the statement were true, haun would be fried in oil.Handyman Haun didn’t particularly care for either option,so he made a statement that forced the pirates to release him.What is the one statement handy man haun could make to save himself?  

Answer: Haun said“ You will boil me in water.”The pirates were faced with a dilemma. If they boil him  in water,that would make his statement true,which means he should have been fried in oil.They can only fry him in oil if he makes a true statement, but if they do,it would make his final statement false.The pirates had no way out of their situation ,so they were forced to set huan free.Subsequently they hired him to run trim throughout their ship.

BRAIN TWISTER # 30  2/1 / 2020

Scientists from here at NASA planned a research trip into space to study the effects of zero gravity on various birds. After careful planning the scientists had to scrap the mission when one of them realized that in spite of having sufficient water and appropriate food supplies on board for the birds,the bird could die from dehydration within hours of entering space.Answer: unlike humans ,the birds need gravity to swallow  and would parish shortly after reaching space.

BRAIN TWISTER #29  1/25/2020

So my brother and I decided to get some exercise and play a little

paddle ball while the weather was warm. To make it exciting,we decided to bet $1 on each game. Although given that my brother showed up in short gym shorts from the 1970’s,tube socks and his work boots,I was hesitant to bet anything,as I wasn’t sure I could stop laughing long enough to chase a ball.After much laughing and some surprisingly  good volleys,my brother ended up winning $3 and I won $5.The question is how many games did we play?Answer   11  ( possibly others)

BRAIN TWISTER # 28  1/18/2020

The lumberjack Lodge is planning a big Valentines Day bash. Unfortunately, they bid out the printing and mailing of the invitations and rather than carefully reading each bid proposal, the 3 person invitation committee, as committees tend to do, simply awarded the printing and mailing to the lowest bidder. The invitations arrived at invitee homes this week. After opening and reading his, Handyman Haun called the lodge for clarification, but got the answering machine, so he’s ask for our help. The invitation reads as follows: Please join us for the Lumberjack Lodges Valentines Day Bash. It 

will be held on the day that comes three days after the day which comes two days after the day which comes immediately after the day which comes two days after Monday? QUESTION: On which day of the week will the Valentines Day Bash be held?  …the trick is  to work backwards from Monday: Two days after Monday is Wednesday. The day immediately after Wednesday is Thursday. Two days after Thursday is Saturday.Three days after Saturday is Tuesday.The answer is Tuesday

BRAIN TWISTER #27   1/11 /2020

Guido from Sawmill Valley’s fine Italian eating establishment has a light issue.He calls Sparky,the town’s foremost electrician to come help.Sparky arrives and Guido shows him the issue.Sparky is standing in front of a room with 1light bulb inside.From where he stands,he can’t see if the light is on   or off;however, outside the room where Sparky is standing there are 3 switches in the off position.Sparky has to figure out which switch controls the light bulb inside the room,but due to strict restaurant policy associated with Sparky’s grooming habits, he can enter the room only once.So,with the aforementioned facts in mind,how  does Sparky determine which of the three switches  operates the single light  in the  room? Answer: Turn 2 of the switches on.Wait about 1 minute, turn one of the on switches off and immediately enter the room . If the light bulb is on ,then it is the switch that was left on. If the bulb is off , carefully touch to see if it is warm. If it is off and warm then it is the switch turned off before entering the room , if it is cold and off then it is the switch that was never turned on .

BRAIN TWISTER #26  1/04/2020

Dr. Hurtsom was visiting an old friend one evening and remembered that his friend ,a mathematician, had three daughters.Dr. Hurtsom asked his friend how old his three daughters were.The product of their ages is 72, his friend astutely answered.Quizzically ,Dr. hurtsom  ask, is there anything else you can tell me? Yes, the friend replied, the sum of their ages is equal to the number of my house. Dr. Hurtsom , not to be outsmarted, stepped outside to see what the house number was . Upon returning inside , Dr. Hurtsom said to the friend, I'm sorry , but I still can't figure out their ages. His friend responded apologetically, my mistake, I forgot to mention that my oldest daughter likes chocolate chip dough ice cream.With this information, Dr. Hurtsom, sawmill valleys chief engineer was able to determine all three daughters ages. The big question is - How old is each daughter? Answer   3,3,8    please listen to show #27 , jan. 11,2020 for long explanation..BRAIN TWISTER #25   12/22/19

Dr. Hurtsom and his son go to the Sawmill Valley High School soccer fields to do some soccer drills.The soccer field is flat and Dr. Hurtsom kicked the soccer ball 40" away.The soccer ball came back to him at the same speed without touching anything on its way. Neither his son nor anyone else touched the soccer ball. Question:  How did Dr. Hurtsom make the soccer ball do this.??  Answer ; he kicked it  straight up in the air.

BRAIN TWISTER #24  12/10/2019

4 fathers ,2 grandfathers and 4 sons go to watch the new jollywood movie ,Handyman Hero, Invasion of the Popcorn Ceiling.Because of the high cost of movie theater food , they load up thier pockets with snacks before heading to the theater. Once there,they walk up to the ticket window to buy their tickets.  What is the minimum number of tickets they need to buy?

Answer : 6       2 men both take their father and one son with them.

BRAIN TWISTER #23  11/30/2019

Ok for this twister you will need something to write  with and something to write on. (hint looking at it helps)  It involves the following series of numbers  and how they are related.  Alright. If 66=2, 99=2 , 2,888=6, 10=1, 7772=0,  676=2, 279=1, 833=2  then what does 2876  equal? Answer : Three, each  closed  loop of each number equals 1 (example   8 has 2 loops ,6 has 1) ,add all the closed loops to get the answer.

BRAIN TWISTER # 22  11/23/2019

The honorable Mayor Chris P. Bacon is hosting a party of 100 high-powered politicians from  around the tri -state  area .All of them are either honest or  liars.You walk into the gathering knowing two things, 1.At least one of them is honest and  2. If you take any 2 politicians aside to speak with them , at least one of them is a liar . Question:   From this information can you know how many are honest and how many are liars?  Answer:   Yes   , 1 is honest and 99 are liars

BRAIN TWISTER #21  11/16/2019

This one comes from farmer old McDonald :

There exists a wholesome 5 letter word.If you take away the first letter of that word you get something from sun.If you remove the first and second letters of that 5 letter word ,you will enable nourishment.If you remove the first three letters from the 5 letter word,you get a word

used to indicate a point or place .And,if you remove the first 4 letters of the 5 letter word, you get something to drink. What is the 5  letter word? Answer: Wheat  ,   heat,  eat,  at , t

BRAIN TWISTER #20 11/09/2019 The sawmill valley vfd is having a dinner in the park as a fundraiser to help buy new equipment . They have ask the vo-techs culinary students to make the main entree (chicken parmasian) and the vegatable (baked acorn squash ) .They have also ask clayton over at big bucks coffee house and wild game cafe to supply doms biscotti for dessert. The vfd will set up 5 large tables with 14 people being the most that can sit at any table.The vfd will supply 77 identicle bowls to handle all the food and have given the vo-tech the following instructions . Each diner is to get their own bowl with an entree. other bowls will hold 2 servings of vegatables for diners to share , and the remaining bowls will hold 3 servings of dessert for diners to share .The votech needs to figure out how many people will be eating using just the 77 bowls so they know how much food to prep.and how many biscotti to order.The question is : how many people will be eating so that everyone gets the same serving of entree, vegatable and dessert. Also how many people can sit at each table so everyone gets thier equal serving . There will be no sharing between tables and no left overs. Answer   42 diners . The  tables must have 6 or 12 diners at each one .

Twister#19 Nov.2 ,2019

 Larry’s Pet and Compost just got in a new order of canaries at the store.After lining each cage with fresh newspaper from the politics section,Larry realizes  he has a problem.After counting the canaries and cages ,Larry realizes that if he puts one canary per cage,he’ll have one bird too many.He also realizes that if he puts 2 canaries in each cage ,he'll have one cage too many. The question is : how many canaries and cages does Larry's pet and compost have?   Know the  answer ?  Answer :  3 cages and 4 canaries .

Twister# 18 Oct.  25 ,2019

A teacher decides to give a pop quiz, but her students refuse to take the quiz ,hoping the teacher will call it off. The teacher can give only one of the students  a detention for skipping the quiz. The students are close and know each other's names,and if a student knows he or she is getting detention they will agree to take the quiz to avoid detention.  Qestion: how can the teacher threaten her students with a detention in such a way that all the students end up electing to take the quiz?   Answer: The teacher tells the students she will give detention to the student who skips the quiz whose name comes first alphabetically.The student whose name comes first alphabetically won’t skip the quiz because they know they will get detention,so then the teacher looks to the next student on her roll in  alphabetical order.They won't skip the quiz and so it goes,resulting in all the kids taking the quiz

Brain Twister # 17 Oct. 18,2019

What eight letter word can have 1 letter taken away and still and it still makes a word? Then ,take another letter away and still makes a  word .Keep doing this until there is only one letter left. 

Answer:  starting,staring,string,sting,sing,in,I

Twister # 16 Oct. 11, 2019

Ms.   Haun has three sick children. She has a 24-ounce bottle of medicine and needs to give each child eight ounces of the medicine. She is unable to get to the good and plenty grocery and has only three clean containers, which measure 5, 11 and 13 ounces. Her husband, handyman Haun is in Canada fishing and Ms. Haun’s electricity just went  out and she has no way of heating water to wash the containers and doesn't want to spread germs. Using any of 5, 11, 13 and 24 oz containers she has, how can she divide the medicine to give each child an equal portion without having any two children drink from the same container. Answer: (1). Fill the 5 oz and 11 oz containers from the 24 oz bottle. That leaves 8 oz in the bottle.( 2.)pour 11oz container into 13oz. container .( 3.) finish filling 13 oz container with fluid from the  5 oz container.you now have a 5 oz container with 3oz in it,an empty 11 oz container ,a full 13oz container(.4.)empty the 5oz container into the 11 oz container.(5). fill the 5 oz container from the 13 oz container ,thus leaving 8 oz in the 13 oz container. (6.)  pour the  5oz  container into the 11 oz container ,which now has 8 oz.

Twister # 15 Oct. 5 ,2019

Luigi's Italian Bistro  is having an exclusive party to clebrate the end of summer. Access is strictly limited by invitation only.Each invitation has a  code printed on it needed to gain entry to the party. Sheriff Custard is posted at the door and will only admit those who correctly answer him using the code on the invite.Noticeably absent from the invite list is Loui the limo driver.A little put off by being snubbed ,Loui decides since he's driving many of the guest to the party he will try to get in as well. He hides  in the bushes and watches as guest approach the restaurant entrance .  Sheriff Custard say to Hank   "12" and Hank replies "6".  Hank is allowed to enter the party. Next the Grand Master of the Level and Plumb from the Lumberjack Lodge approaches the restaurant. Sheriff Custard says "6" to him and he relies "3".  He too is admitted to the party. Loui looks and sees a lull in the arrivals and thinks he has cracked the code, so he approaches the sheriff. Sheriff Custard says "10" to Loui and Loui replies "5".  Sheriff Custard summons a deputy and has Loui escorted off the property. The question is " What should have Loui replied?"   Answer :     He should have answered   "3"   . the answer is the number of letters needed to spell the number Sheriff Custard says and "10" has  "3" letters .