Most of these first "brain teasers" can be used with younger kids. Some of the more difficult ones might be useful as ice-breakers at your roundtable or before a meeting for older scouts.....Use your discrection.....And as always KISMIF

TEST YOUR MENTAL AGILITY!

This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluency with words and certainly not your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some gauge of your mental flexibility and creativity.

Good Luck!

1) Is there a 4th of July in England?
2) How many birthdays does the average man have?
3) Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem, N.C., be buried in a spot west
of the Mississippi River?
4) If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene
lamp, an oil burner, and a woodburning stove, which would you light first?
5) Some months have 30 days, some have 31.
How many have 28 days?
6) If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour,
how long would they last?
7) A man builds a house with 4 sides to it. It is rectangular in shape.
Each side has a southern exposure. A big bear wanders by.
What color is the bear?
8) How far can a dog run into the woods?
9) What four words appear on every denomination of U.S. coin?
10) What is the minimum number of active baseball players on the field
during any part of an inning? How many outs in an inning?
11) I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value.
One is not a nickel, please bear this in mind. What are the two coins?
12) A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many did he have left?
13) Divide 30 by 1/2 and add ten. What is the total?
14) Two men were playing checkers. Each played five games and each won
five games. There were no draws. How do you figure this?
15) Take two apples from 3 apples. How many apples do you have?
16) An archaeologist claimed he found some gold coins that were dated 46 B.C.
Do you think he really did? Why?
17) A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but
the beggar is not the woman's brother. Who is the beggar?
18) How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with him?
19) Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's sister?
20) Now that you have finished, what word is mispelled in this test?

Give up on an answer?
1. Yes
2. One
3, No, he is alive,
4. The match
5. All months
6. One hour
7. White
8. Halfway
9. United States of America
10. 10--6
11. 50-cent piece and a nickel
12. 9
13. 70
14. Not playing each other
15. 2
16. No, would not have known it was B.C.
17. Her sister
18. Was not Moses. It was Noah.
19. No, he is dead.
20. Misspelled.

I don't give them hell.
I just tell the truth and
they think it is hell.

Harry S. Truman

Daring ideas are like
chessmen moved
forward. They may be
beaten, but they may
start a winning game.

Goethe

My life has no
purpose, no direction,
no aim, no meaning,
and yet I'm happy. I
can't figure it out.
What am I doing
right?

Charles M. Schulz

TEST YOUR SPORT MENTAL AGILITY

There are 28 professional football teams. Clues for 27 are listed below.

Which one is missing? Fill in the first 27

Scoring: 26 Correct - Genius
25 Correct - Satisfactory
24 Correct - Fair
23 Correct - Need Help
22 Correct - Cub Fan

1) 747's
2) Army Insects
3) Seven Squared
4) Streakers are this
5) Hostile Attackers
6) Various Iron Workers
7) Suntanned Bodies
8) I.O.U.'s
9) Helpers to Relocate
10) Flippers for a Toy
11) Bird Trained to Kill
12) Lubricators
13) Six Rulers
14) Opposite of Ewes
15) Class of Boy Scouts
16) American Gauchos
17) Fundamental Rule
18) Credit Card Users
19) Indian Leaders
20) King of Beasts
21) Used to be a Girl
22) Corn, a Dollar Each
23) Ocean-Going Birds
24) Hot Epidermis
25) Louis Armstrong's Song
26) Firearms
27) Former President's Wife Violence
28) Which Team is Missing?

Give up on an answer?

(Answers)

1. Jets
2. Giants
3. 49ers
4. Bears
5. Raiders
6. Steelers
7. Browns
8. Bills
9. Packers
10. Dolphins
11. Falcons
12. Oilers
13. Vikings
14. Rams
15. Eagles
16. Cowboys
17. Cardinals
18. Chargers
19. Chiefs
20. Lions
21. Bengals
22. Buccaneers
23. Seahawks
24. Redskins
25. Saints
26. Colts
27. Patriots
28. Broncos

TEST YOUR MENTAL AGILITY IN GEOGRAPHY #1

1) The united Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, and Norway all
have major ports on what Sea?

2) Which continent is crossed by all linesof longitude?

3) What mountain range forms a physical boundary between much of Europe and
northwestern Asia?

4) Which river basin in South America is thought to have a larger variety of plants
and animals than any other place?

5) Portions of the coast of only one contiguous U.S. state are protected by
coral reefs. Name this state.

6) The Red Sea lies between Asia and which other continent - Europe or Africa?

7) What is the term for a strip of land that acts as a bridge between two larger land areas?

8) Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River, is in which U.S. state?

9) The crown-of-thorns sea star, known for the damage it has done to many of the world's coral reefs, is most commonly associated with which of the earth's four oceans?

10) Pilots conserve fuel by using high altitude winds that circle the earth at speeds as fast as 300 miles per hour. What are these winds called?

See below for the answers.

1. North Sea

2. Antarctica

3. Urals

4. Amazon

5. Florida

6. Africa

7. Isthmus

8. Minnesota

9. Pacific

10. Jet streams

TEST YOUR MENTAL AGILITY IN GEOGRAPHY #2

1) The most populous U.S. city on the Great Lakes also has the greatest variety
of ethnic groups in the region. Name this city.

2) The use of what kind of energy helps make Reykjavik, Iceland, one of the world's cleanest cities?

3) What lake in Russia - the world's deepest - holds more fresh water than all of
North America's Great Lakes combined?

4) The sources of three major rivers are in Colorado. Name one of the rivers.

5) What is the term for the weather boundary that forms where two air masses of
different temperature and humidity come together?

6) The 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines may be contributing to a
drop in the earth's average annual temperature?

7) India and which neighboring island country together produce almost half of the world's tea?

8) Giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and tool-using finches are among the unusual animals native only to which group of Pacific islands off the coast of Ecuador?

9) Egypt, Ethiopia, and Zaire all border Africa's largest country in terms of land area. Name this country.

10) What is the name of the region that parallels most of the Atlantic coast of
the U.S. and that lies between the Appalachians and the Atlantic Coastal Plain?

See below for the answers.

1. Chicago
2. Geothermal energy
3. Lake Baikal
4. Arkansas, Colorado, Rio Grande
5. Front
6. Mount Pinatubo
7. Sri Lanka
8. Galapagos islands
9. Sudan
10. Piedmont

TEST YOUR MENTAL AGILITY #2

This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluency with words and certainly not your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some gauge of your mental flexibility and
creativity. Take this as our personal challenge. Good Luck!

INSTRUCTIONS: Each question below contains the initial of words that will make it correct.
Find the missing words.

EXAMPLE: 20=C. in a P.

Cigarettes in a Pack

1) 18 = W. on a S.T.T.

2) 9 = S. in T.T.T.

3) 4 = B. on a B. D.

4) 6 = P. for a T.

5) 12 = D. of C.

6) 99 = B. of B. on the W.

7) 1728 = C.I. in a C.F.

8) 66 = B. of the B.

9) 77 - S.S.

10) 1440 = M. in a D.

11) 10 = D. in a T. N. including the A. C.

12) 2 = S. to every S.

13) 32 = C. for a P. S.

14) 144 = S. 1. in a S. F.

15) 4 = T. on a C.

16) 12 = E. in a D.

17) 3 = C. in a S. L.

18) 500 = S. of P. in a R.

19) 13 = D. in a B. D.

20) 3 = M. in a T. (R. a D. D.)

21) 4 = and T. B. B. in a P.

22) 50 = S. in the U.

23) 3.14 = P.

24) 5 = R. in the O0. E.

Give up on an answer?

Answers to "Test Your Mental Agility #2"

1. 18 Wheels on a Semi Tractor Trailer
2. 9 Squares in Tic Tac Toe
3. 4 Bases on a Baseball Diamond
4. 6 Points for a Touchdown
5. 12 Days of Christmas
6. 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
7. 1728 Cubic inches in a Cubic Foot
8. 66 Books of the Bible
9. 77 Sunset Strip
10. 1440 Minutes in the Day
11. 10 Digits in a Telephone Number including the Area Code
12. 2 Sides to Every Story
13. 32 Cents for a Postage Stamp
14. 144 Square Inches in a Square Foot
15. 4 Tires on a Car
16. 12 Eggs in a Dozen
17. 3 Colors in a Stop Light
18. 500 Sheets of Paper in a Ream
19. 13 Donuts in a Bakers Dozen
20. 3 Men in a Tub (Rub a DubDub)
21. 4 and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie
22. 50 States in the Union
23. 3.14 = Pi
24. 5 Rings in the Olympic Emblem

THOUGHTS ON THE BUSINESS OF LIFE

Now, ideas are the raw material of progress.
Everything first takes shape in the form of an idea.
But an idea by itself is worth nothing.

An idea, like a machine, must have power applied to it before it can accomplish anything.
The men who have won fame and fortune through having an idea are those who devoted every
ounce of their strength and every dollar they could muster to putting it into operation.
Ford had a big idea, but he had to sweat and suffer and sacrifice in order to make it work.

B.C. FORBES

Work only a half a day.
It makes no difference which half-the first 12 hours or the last 12 hours.

- KEMMONS WILSON

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing
is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.

- PHYLLIS DILLER

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization,
it expects what never was and never will be.

- THOMAS JEFFERSON

TEST YOUR MENTAL AGILITY

This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluency with words and certainly not your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some gauge of your mental flexibility and creativity. Take this as our personal challenge. No prizes, no rewards, just self-satisfaction. Good Luck!

INSTRUCTIONS: Each question belowcontains the initial of words that will make it
correct. Find the missing words.

EXAMPLE: 16 = 0. in a P. Ounces in a Pound

1) 26 = L. of the A.

2) 1001 = A. N.

3) 7 = W. of the W.

4) 12 = S. of the Z.

5) 54 = C. in a D. (with the J.)

6) 9 = P. in the S. S.

7) 88 = P. K.

8) 13 = S. on the A. F.

9) 32 = D. F. at which W. F.

10) 18 = H. on a G. C.

11) 90 = D. in a R. A.

12) 200 = D. for P. G. in M.

13) 8 = S. on a S. S.

14) 3 = B. M. (S. H. T. R.)

15) 4 = Q. in a G.

16) 24 = H. in a D.

17) 1 = W. on a U.

18) 5 = D. in a Z. C.

19) 57 = H. V.

20) 11 = P. on a F. T.

21) 1000 = W. that a P. is W.

22) 29 = D. in F. in a L. Y.

23) 64 = S. on a C.

Test Your Mental Agility #3 (Answers)

1. 26 Letters of the Alphabet
2. 1001 Arabian Nights
3. 7 Wonders of the World
4. 12 Signs of the Zodiac
5. 54 Cards in a Deck (with the Jokers)
6. 9 Planets in the Solar System
7. 88 Piano Keys
8. 13 Stripes on the American Flag
9. 32 Degrees Fahrenheit at which Water Freezes
10. 18 Holes on a Golf Course
11. 90 Degrees in a Right Angle
12. 200 Dollars for Passing Go in Monopoly
13. 8 Sides on a Stop Sign
14. 3 Blind Mice (See How They Run)
15. 4 Quarts in a Gallon
16. 24 Hours in a Day
17. 1 Wheel on a Unicycle
18. 5 Digits in a Zip Code
19. 57 Heinz Varieties
20. 11 Players on a Football Team
21. 1000 Words that a Picture is Worth
22. 29 Days in February in a Leap Year
23. 64 Squares on a Checkerboard
24. 2.54 Centimeters in an Inch

TEST YOUR SPORT MENTAL AGILITY#2

There are 26 professional Baseball Teams. Clues for 25 Team Names are listed below.
Which one is missing? Fill in the first 25.

Scoring: 24 Correct - Genius
23 Correct - Satisfactory
22 Correct - Fair
21 Correct - Need Help

1 ) Catholic Hierarchy

2) Elusive Group

3) Stop Light

4) Cream Cheese

5) Floating Thieves

6) NASA'S Team

7) Ungainly Large

8) Northerners

9) Regal

10) Alpha's Team

11) Coastal Spirit

12) City Dwellers

13) Indian Warriors

14) Legs without color

15) Roaming unsettled land

16) Red Ped Fashion

17) International Show

18) Romulus & Remus

19) Suds Manufacturers

20) Chocolate Cookie

21) Native Americans

22) Sea Workers

23) Oriental Cats

24) Monastic Dweller

25) Baby Bear

26) Which Team is Missing?

Look below for the answers!

Answers for Baseball Quiz

1. St. Louis Cardinals
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Cincinnati Reds
4. Philadelphia Phillies
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
6. Houston Astros
7. San Francisco Giants
8. New York Yankees
9. Kansas City Royals
10. Oakland A's
11. California Angels
12. New York Mets
13. Atlanta Braves
14. Chicago White Sox
15. Texas Rangers
16. Boston Red Sox
17. Montreal Expos
18. Minnesota Twins
19. Milwaukee Brewers
20. Baltimore Orioles
21. Cleveland Indians
22. Seattle Mariners
23. Detroit Tigers
24. San Diego Padres
25. Chicago Cubs
26. Toronto Blue Jays