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Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:57:01 GMT

Welcome to the Boxing Day 2025 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

10 am today [Fri 26 Dec 2025] and 10 pm Mon 29 Dec 2025

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 @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @TallTrees @Oxonian @Dave-O2

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

Brain Teaser Questions

Q1 It is BOXING DAY....

If B O X is 2 6 9

and I N G is 4 6 4

then D A Y is ? ? ? what three numbers

Q2 Which of the following words is the odd one out

REWARD DEPART REFIND REPAIR

Q3 What phrase does the following represent

6 g n i o g a m

Q4 Joe went for a walk and it started raining. Joe did not have a hat, an umbrella or anything to cover

his head, but not a single hair of his head got wet.

How was this possible ?

Q5 Alice; Brenda; Chloe; Debbie are the first four people in the queue outside a shop for Boxing Day Sale.

Alice is NOT first or fourth in the queue. Brenda is third in the queue. Chloe is in front of Debbie.

In what order - from 1st to 4th - are the four girls in the queue ?

Q6 The letters in the following equation are numbers.

A B and C are different numbers but both As are the same number; both Bs are the same number;

and both Cs are the same number....

A + B + C = A x B x C

What number is letter B ?

Q7 What phrase does the following represent

X Q Q M E !

Q8 Six identical glasses are in a row on a table.

The first three glasses are filled with water and the last three glasses are empty.

Move one glass - so the six glasses on the table are in the following order

full empty full empty full empty

Q9 What number is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 800 ?

Q10 Harry shaves several times a day but, at the end of the day, Harry still has a beard.

How is this possible ?

The answers; results; and the scores will be posted on the morning of Tuesday 30 Dec 2025.

Can anyone get 100% ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 10am today [Fri 26 Dec 2025] and before 10pm Mon 29 Dec 2025].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 10pm on Mon 29 Dec 2025 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: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

TallTrees — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 09:08:29 GMT

The brain teaser is not too bad in places 🤣

Good there is time to ponder answers.

Enjoy your Boxing day @Mi-Amigo

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:01:48 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees for your post.

Pleased you think this brain teaser is "not too bad in places" 😀

Hope you, and everyone else, have a nice Boxing Day

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Cleoriff — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:38:10 GMT

This is the first opportunity I've had to look at this Brain ~~Scrambler~~ Teaser 😂!!

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

pgn — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:28:08 GMT

Dropping in, @Mi-Amigo ...

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

TallTrees — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:57:39 GMT

Boxing Day Brain Teaser Answers in your PM BOX @Mi-Amigo

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:03:56 GMT

Thank you @pgn

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Thank you @TallTrees

pm with your answers received

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:04:03 GMT

Gentle reminder...

@Cleoriff @jonsie @gmarkj @MI5 @Oxonian @Dave-O2

There is still plenty of time - up to 10pm tonight [Mon 29 Dec] - to pm me with your answers.

I hope that as many as possible will be able to join in and find it fun.

Thanks.

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Cleoriff — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:18:21 GMT

Incoming @Mi-Amigo

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:22:13 GMT

Thank you @Cleoriff

like the gif

pm with your answers received

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:32:24 GMT

THE ANSWERS

Q1 It is BOXING DAY....

If B O X is 2 6 9

and I N G is 4 6 4

then D A Y is ? ? ? what three numbers

A1 3 2 9 - letters correspond to numbers on mobile phone keypad

Q2 Which of the following words is the odd one out

REWARD DEPART REFIND REPAIR

A2 DEPART - the other words all start with letter R

Q3 What phrase does the following represent

6 g n i o g a m

A3 going back in time. Quizzers answers, although not strictly correct, were close so I`ll accept as correct.

Q4 Joe went for a walk and it started raining. Joe did not have a hat, an umbrella or anything to cover

his head, but not a single hair of his head got wet.

How was this possible ?

A4 Joe is bald

Q5 Alice; Brenda; Chloe; Debbie are the first four people in the queue outside a shop for Boxing Day Sale.

Alice is NOT first or fourth in the queue. Brenda is third in the queue. Chloe is in front of Debbie.

In what order - from 1st to 4th - are the four girls in the queue ?

A5 1st Chloe; 2nd Alice; 3rd Brenda; 4th Debbie

Q6 The letters in the following equation are numbers.

A B and C are different numbers but both As are the same number; both Bs are the same number;

and both Cs are the same number....

A + B + C = A x B x C

What number is letter B ?

A6 B = 2

Q7 What phrase does the following represent

X Q Q M E !

A7 Excuse me !

Q8 Six identical glasses are in a row on a table.

The first three glasses are filled with water and the last three glasses are empty.

Move one glass - so the six glasses on the table are in the following order

full empty full empty full empty

A8 Pour water from 2nd full glass into 2nd empty glass, then put now empty glass back into original place

Q9 What number is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 800 ?

A9 10

Q10 Harry shaves several times a day but, at the end of the day, Harry still has a beard.

How is this possible ?

A10 Harry is a barber.

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:38:39 GMT

THE RESULTS

@pgn

Q1 correct; Q2 REFIND - incorrect; Q3 correct; Q4 correct; Q5 correct ;

Q6 correct; Q7 correct; Q8 correct; Q9 correct; Q10 correct .

Total - 9 correct = 90%

@TallTrees

Q1 417 - incorrect; Q2 correct; Q3 correct; Q4 correct; Q5 correct ;

Q6 correct; Q7 correct; Q8 correct; Q9 correct; Q10 correct .

Total - 9 correct = 90%

@Cleoriff

Q1 correct; Q2 correct; Q3 correct; Q4 correct; Q5 correct ;

Q6 correct; Q7 correct; Q8 correct; Q9 correct; Q10 correct .

Total - 10 correct = 100%

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:43:25 GMT

THE SCORES - %

100% - 10 correct - @Cleoriff

90% - 9 correct - @pgn @TallTrees

Q2 - Odd one out - REWARD; DEPART; REFIND; REPAIR - tricky, possibly overthink rather than simple answer

Well done everyone on your scores and thank you for taking part.

I hope you enjoyed this Brain Teaser.

The Off Topic Brain Teaser will return soon.

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

TallTrees — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:53:43 GMT

Very pleased with my score 😀 @Mi-Amigo

Just couldn't get Q1 never thought of the mobile keyboard.

Very well done @Cleoriff

Brilliant @pgn 😁

Enjoyed the game.

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Cleoriff — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:24:08 GMT

I'm very pleased and surprised.

As @Mi-Amigo said, it was easy to overthink Q2. First I tried to reverse each word and that didn't work so I went for the 'easy' option eventually.

Well done everyone and thanks @Mi-Amigo 😉

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

jonsie — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:16:46 GMT

I came late to this so just read through them

Q2 I thought REFIND was the odd one out

It was the only one that you couldn't make past tense by adding ED at the end so I'm claiming that as a moral victory

The rest I got correct

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

pgn — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:36:15 GMT

Me too, @jonsie - great scores all, thanks @Mi-Amigo 👍🏼

Re: Brain Teaser - Boxing Day 2025

Mi-Amigo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:01:40 GMT

Thank you @TallTrees @Cleoriff @pgn

Well done on your scores

Thank you @jonsie

Although late to join in, I think you can claim a "moral vicory" - well done.