Bonfire Night Brain Teaser - Mon 04 Nov 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Bonfire Night 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 [Mon 04 Nov 2024] and 11 pm tomorrow [Tues 05 Nov 2024 - Bonfire Night]

Please note: deadline has been extended to allow more time to solve the puzzles and pm me your answers

and 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 

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

Brain Teaser Questions

Q1 On Bonfire Night, the local caterers are selling food.

      jacket potato costs 50p; veggie burger costs 50p; sausage roll costs 50p.

      How much does beef burger cost ?

Q2 If yesterday was 5 days before the day after Sunday`s tomorrow, what day is tomorrow ?

Q3 Which of the following words is logically the odd one out 

       THEATRE  TODDLER   BAYONET   COUTURE   GLASSES

Q4 There are three sequences of number

       Sequence A - 1, 2, 10

       Sequence B - 4, 5, 9

       Sequence C - 3, 7, 8

       Which Sequence does the number 6 belong with ?

Q5 Which of the following is the odd one out

        Bournemouth; Braintree; Chelsea; Manchester United; Liverpool ?

Q6 A mute man enters the pharmacy to buy a toothbrush. He imitates brushing his teeth and successfully

       explains his need to the pharmacist.

      A blind woman next enters the same pharmacy to buy toothpaste.

       How does she successfully get her need from the pharmacist ?

Q7 What is

        three quarters of one and one third, plus four fifths of one and one quarter ?

Q8 There are three identical sacks.

      Two sacks contain gold coins, with each gold coin weighing 1 oz.

      One sack contains fake coins, with each fake coin weighing 1.1oz.

      Using a set of scales you are only allowed to make weighing.

      How do you find which sack contains the fake coins ?

Q9 A number of footballs are set up as follows

                          

      Which ONE football do you move to make the following set up

                          

Q10 A ping pong ball falls down a narrow pipe embedded in concrete one foot deep in a room.

        You have only a table tennis bat; shoelaces; keys; plastic bottle of water, which doesn`t fit in the pipe.

        There is no adhesive tape, glue or vacuum cleaner in the room, and you can`t leave the room to get

         help or equipment.

         How do you get the ping pong ball out of the pipe undamaged ?

Answers; results; and scores will be posted on morning of Wednesday 06 Nov 2024 .

Can anyone get 100% this time ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 9am today [Mon 04 Nov 2024] and before 11 pm [23.00] Wed 06 2024].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 11pm [23.00] on Wed 06 Nov 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.

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

PPS. I think Q5 was a real swiz. You deliberately steered us to football by adding United on the end of Manchester. (Clever clogs!) Pfffttt. 😂😂

(Although @gmarkj didn't fall for that one) 😂🤣

[gmarkj]

Well. That was not expected!

I might have got the right answers, but I wouldn't have got many points for the working out:

Q3 Glasses was a guess as it was the only plural.

Q4 Just guessed A

Q5 Guessed Chelsea as it didn't have a racecourse (didn't see United!)

Thanks for those @Mi-Amigo and well done everyone!

[pgn]

Well that was better than I expected, and definitely brain-mangling. Well done all, thanks @Mi-Amigo and I think @gmarkj should pick a line of numbers in the Euromillions tomorrow 😉

[Cleoriff]

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@pgn wrote:

Well that was better than I expected, and definitely brain-mangling. Well done all, thanks @Mi-Amigo and I think @gmarkj should pick a line of numbers in the Euromillions tomorrow 😉

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Good idea @pgn 

[jonsie]

I found that really tough @Mi-Amigo 

But it's good to get the old grey matter churning

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @MI5 @gmarkj @Cleoriff @pgn @jonsie 

Pleased you enjoyed the Brain Teaser.

Well done on your scores - especially @gmarkj joining the band of the 100%-ers.

OK I admit that Q5 was deliberately tricky; but at least got other tricky questions correct.

[Oxonian]

I scored five more that I thought that I might ; really feared getting zero ! 

Thank you for organising @Mi-Amigo. 

Well done to everyone who scored more than I did, and particularly to @gmarkj who's tally is absolutely astonishing. 👍 

[gmarkj]

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@Oxonian wrote:

I scored five more that I thought that I might ; really feared getting zero ! 

Thank you for organising @Mi-Amigo. 

Well done to everyone who scored more than I did, and particularly to @gmarkj who's tally is absolutely astonishing. 👍 

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no one is more surprised than I @Oxonian !