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October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:40:33 GMT

Welcome to the October Brain Teaser

The Brain Teaser is open to all members of the 02 Community.

Those wishing to take part must pm [private message] me [@Mi-Amigo] with their answers between

9 am today [Wed 02 Oct 2024] and 9 pm tomorrow [Thurs 03 Oct 2024]

so those who are busy or out-and-about will have a chance to join in.

Please DO NOT post answers on the thread.

I hope our regular quizzers

@Cleoriff @pgn @gmarkj @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @BobM @J9el @Oxonian @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]

and any other member who enjoys quizzes and puzzles will join in with today`s Brain Teaser .

Brain Teaser Questions

Q1 Brothers Alex and Billy take turns to drive their car on their day out.

Leaving their home, Alex drove the first 90 miles, then Billy drove the rest of the way to their destination.

On the way back home, Alex again drove first, then Billy took over and drove the remaining 100 miles.

Who drove the furthest - Alex or Billy ?

Q2 What is the next word in this sequence

ALCATRAZ BERRY COX

Is it

DOUGHNUT DISALLOW DUSTY DUNGEON ?

Q3 If 2, 3 and 10 go together;

and 6 and 7 go together;

which two of these numbers go together

1, 4, 5, 9 ?

Q4 What do the following words have in common

FIRST ALMOST BEGIN EMPTY BELOW

Q5 How can you place a pencil on the floor of a room so no-one can jump over it ?

You cannot cover the pencil, nor place anything on top or underneath the pencil

Q6 A man is on one side of a river and his dog is on the other side of the river. The man calls the dog and

the dog crosses the river to the man`s side. The dog doesn`t get wet, doesn`t use a bridge, and doesn`t

take a ride on a boat.

How did the dog reach the man ?

Q7 Using only addition [ + ], make an equation of eight 8s so it equals [ = ] 1000

Q8 If B = 5; C = 6; F = 9

What does H = ?

Q9 Which fruit is 20% mango; 20% peach; 20% grape; 20% melon; and 20% lemon ?

Q10 The police receive an anonymous phone call.

The caller says a murder has been committed; and says the murderer`s name is "Jack".

The caller says "Jack" has fled the crime scene to another house and gives the address.

The police drive to the address given by the caller and enter the house where they find four people

- a carpenter; a lorry driver; a fireman; and a mechanic playing poker.

Without asking any of the four poker-players their name, the police arrest the fireman on suspicion

of being the murderer.

How did the police know the fireman was the suspect ?

Answers; results; and scores will be posted on morning of Friday 04 Oct 2024 .

Can anyone get 100% this time ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 9am today [Wed 02 Oct 2024] and before 9pm [21.00] Thurs 03 Oct 2024].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Thurs 03 Oct 2024 will be declared void.

No googling, wiki, youtube search for answers - but you may ask family or friends for help

Please feel free to post any comments on the questions - but not the answers - on this thread.

If you have any questions about the quiz, please ask and I will reply here.

I hope everyone likes this Brain Teaser and finds it fun

Good luck, everyone.

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

gmarkj — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:28:23 GMT

Happy with a couple of answers, not sure on the guesses for the rest!

PM on the way @Mi-Amigo

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Cleoriff — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:52:12 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:38:28 GMT

Thank you @gmarkj

pm with your answers received

Thank you @MI5

pm with your answers received

Thank you @Cleoriff

pm with your answers received

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Oxonian — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:50:19 GMT

My wild guesses are in your inbox @Mi-Amigo and awaiting your ~~perusal~~ amusement.

That was hard ! 😀

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

pgn — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:43:10 GMT

Incoming, @Mi-Amigo -->

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

jonsie — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:26:42 GMT

Brain farts incoming @Mi-Amigo >>>>

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 05:58:46 GMT

Thank you @Oxonian

pm with your answers received

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @jonsie

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

BobM — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:50:34 GMT

PM sent @Mi-Amigo ‌👍‌ - not too confident with a couple of them though.

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:55:20 GMT

Thank you @BobM

pm with your answers received

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

TallTrees — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:32:37 GMT

Sent in my brain fog answers😁

@Mi-Amigo

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:37:09 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 04:18:49 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 Brothers Alex and Billy take turns to drive their car on their day out.

Leaving their home, Alex drove first 90 miles, then Billy drove the rest of the way to their destination.

On the way back home, Alex again drove first, then Billy took over and drove the remaining 100 miles.

Who drove the furthest - Alex or Billy ?

A1 Billy.

If total distance is called T, then on leaving home Alex drove 90 miles, Billy drove T - 90.

on way back home, Alex drove T - 100, as Billy drove 100.

In total, Alex drove 90 + T - 100 = T - 10.

Billy drove T - 90 + 100 = T + 20.

Q2 What is the next word in this sequence

ALCATRAZ BERRY COX

Is it

DOUGHNUT DISALLOW DUSTY DUNGEON ?

A2 DISALLOW -

ALCATRAZ - 1st word ends with last letter of alphabet

BERRY 2nd next to last

COX 3rd 3rd from last

DISALLOW 4th 4th from last

Q3 If 2, 3 and 10 go together;

and 6 and 7 go together;

which two of these numbers go together

1, 4, 5, 9 ?

A3 4 + 5

words which go tether begin with same letter

TWO, THREE, and TEN; SIX and SEVEN; FOUR and Five

Q4 What do the following words have in common

FIRST ALMOST BEGIN EMPTY BELOW

A4 letters of each word are in alphabetical order

Q5 How can you place a pencil on the floor of a room so no-one can jump over it ?

You cannot cover the pencil, nor place anything on top or underneath the pencil

A5 Place pencil in corner or against the wall of the room

Q6 A man is on one side of a river and his dog is on the other side of the river. The man calls the dog and

the dog crosses the river to the man`s side. The dog doesn`t get wet, doesn`t use a bridge, and doesn`t

take a ride on a boat.

How did the dog reach the man ?

A6 River was frozen and dog walked across.

Some gave answer - river was narrow, dog jumped across; or river had dried out and dog walked across;

which I`ll also accept as correct.

Q7 Using only addition [ + ], make an equation of eight 8s so it equals [ = ] 1000

A7 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + = 1000

Q8 If B = 5; C = 6; F = 9

What does H = ?

A8 H = 11.

B = 5' C = 6, D = 7; E = 8; F = 9; G = 10; H = 11.

Q9 Which fruit is 20% mango; 20% peach; 20% grape; 20% melon; and 20% lemon ?

A9 APPLE.

20% of MANGO = A; 20% of PEACH = P; 20% of GRAPE = P; 20% of MELON = L; 20% of LEMON = E.

Q10 The police receive an anonymous phone call.

The caller says a murder has been committed; and says the murderer`s name is "Jack".

The caller says "Jack" has fled the crime scene to another house and gives the address.

The police drive to the address given by the caller and enter the house where they find four people

- a carpenter; a lorry driver; a fireman; and a mechanic playing poker.

Without asking any of the four poker-players their name, the police arrest the fireman on suspicion

of being the murderer.

How did the police know the fireman was the suspect ?

A10. Fireman was the only man, the other three were women.

Some gave answer - fireman was wearing a badge. Sorry can`t accept. Unlikely fireman was wearing

uniform with is badge after muder and playing poker. Even if he was, badge would more likely have

his surname rather than "Jack" on it.

Sorry for ayone disappointed but it is a brain teaser after all 😀 and I tried to be fair with Q6.

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 04:31:28 GMT

THE RESULTS

@gmarkj

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 doughnut - incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 name badge - incorrect

Total: 8 correct = 80%

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 name badge - incorrect

Total: 9 correct = 90%

@MI5

Q1 Alex - incorrect Q2 correct Q3 5 + 9 incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct

Total: 8 correct = 80%

@Oxonian

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 pass Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 mixed fruit salad - incorrect Q10 name badge - incorrect

Total: 7 correct = 70%

@pgn

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct

Total: 10 correct = 100%

@jonsie

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 1 + 5 - incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct

Total: 9 correct = 90%

@BobM

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct

Total: 10 correct = 100%

@TallTrees

Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 pass Q5 correct

Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 pass Q10 pass

Total: 5 correct - 50%

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 04:36:01 GMT

THE SCORES - %

100% - 10 correct - @pgn @BobM

90% - 9 correct - @Cleoriff @jonsie

80% - 8 correct - @gmarkj

70% - 7 correct - @Oxonian

60% - 6 correct - no-one

50% - 5 correct - @TallTrees

40% - 4 correct - no-one

30% - 3 correct - no-one

20% - 2 correct - no-one

10% - 1 correct - no-one

CONGRATULATIONS to our 100% -ers = @pgn @BobM

Well done everyone else - everyone got at least half [50%] correct.

I hope you enjoyed this Brain Teaser.

The Off Topic Brain Teaser will return soon....

WRQ is back on Monday with 8 question - with 2 questions on each of these categories

GEOGRAPHY WORDS ART GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

pgn — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:08:14 GMT

That is a surprise, as my answer to #1 was nowhere near as scientific as the real answer - well done all, and congrats @BobM for being the other 100%er 👍🏼

Thanks, @Mi-Amigo - good to exercise those little grey cells 😂

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

BobM — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:53:32 GMT

A surprise to me too, I expected at least one wrong. Well done all, good scores and thanks to @Mi-Amigo for giving us the teaser. Congrats goes to @pgn on becoming the other 100%er 👍

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

TallTrees — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:54:47 GMT

I am pleased that I got all I submitted correct 😀

@Mi-Amigo

Many thanks for the brain teaser

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

Cleoriff — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:57:19 GMT

Oh dear, I lost my crown 😂

Never mind, the answer to Q10 was so easy (when you see the answer) and my brain never went there!

Congrats to the 100% 'ers @pgn and @BobM

and everyone who took part. Thanks @Mi-Amigo for frazzling my brain 🤣

Re: October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

MI5 — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 07:18:06 GMT

Tough one there @Mi-Amigo

Thanks and well done all.