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Are We 'Broke'?
Group
These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
There are two things one must do to complete this teaser properly.
1. In Group A, there is a person who belongs in Group B. Similarly, there is a person in Group B who does not belong there. He should be in Group A. Discover who the odd-person-out is in each Group.
2. Discover the occupations of the people in Group A and Group B.
Group A:
Yves Tanguy
Francois Couperin
Max Ernst
Rene Magritte
Salvador Dali
Andre Masson
Group B:
Dietrich Buxtehude
Johann Wolfgang Franck
Joan Miro
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Johann Pachelbel
Georg Philipp Telemann
1. In Group A, there is a person who belongs in Group B. Similarly, there is a person in Group B who does not belong there. He should be in Group A. Discover who the odd-person-out is in each Group.
2. Discover the occupations of the people in Group A and Group B.
Group A:
Yves Tanguy
Francois Couperin
Max Ernst
Rene Magritte
Salvador Dali
Andre Masson
Group B:
Dietrich Buxtehude
Johann Wolfgang Franck
Joan Miro
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Johann Pachelbel
Georg Philipp Telemann
Answer
Francois Couperin (1668-1733) belongs in Group B.Joan Miro (1893-1983) belongs in Group A.
Group A: Were all artists from the Surrealist period.
Group B: Were all musicians from the Baroque period.
The term 'Baroque' is pronounced like the word 'broke' (the word in the title of this teaser).
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