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Brainteasers.

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:25 pm
by Claire
Can you think of any brain teasers? these are often useful in school because they can engage a teenager's attention before they even realise what's happening.

Here's mine:

Which is the only word (i think) in the English language to contain only 1 vowel, but that 1 vowel is in the word 5 times? :-)

Re: Brainteasers.

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:24 am
by BarcelonAl
Defenselessness?

Ok, mine's an easy one: I follow you around, but never talk. I am always with you, what am I?

Re: Brainteasers.

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:12 am
by stimpsonslostson
shadow?

why dontcha just play countdown with them occasionally in class? We used to do it sometimes at my high school. I'm sh1t at the conundrums, i find that I either see it immediately or I dont see it EVER!
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theres a brainteasers thread I think they're mostly maths based tho.

Re: Brainteasers.

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:09 pm
by Claire
BarcelonAl wrote:Defenselessness?
OK. So there are 2...what's the other one?!