Boxing Day Brain Teaser - Thurs 26 Dec 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Boxing Day Brain Teaser 2024

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 [Thurs 26 Dec 2024] and 9 pm tomorrow [Fri 27 Dec 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 @Oxonian @Dave-O2 

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

Brain Teaser Questions

Q1 This Christmas four young men - DAMIEN, CHRISTOPHER, BENJAMIN, and ARCHIE - decided to spend

         Xmas away from home. Each of them went to a different city.

         DAMIEN went to Amsterdam; Christopher went to Rio de Janeiro; Benjamin went to London.

         Did Archie go to Antwerp, Berlin, Paris, or Rome ?

Q2 What is the following words have in common

          BLUR    GRANGE    GREEK     MELLOW     ROD

Q3 APPLE costs 20p;  BANANA cost 30p; GRAPEFRUIT costs 40p 

        How much does PEAR cost ?

Q4 If 1 = F; 2 = E; 3 = I; 4 = R

       What does 5 = ?

Q5 Joe has been going to the same cafe every day [Monday to Friday] for his morning hot drink.

       Last Monday, Joe went to his usual cafe for his usual morning hot drink when he saw a sign which read

          "As from today - Monday - the price of a cup of coffee has increased from £1 to £1.25"

       Joe ordered his usual hot drink, paid for it, sat down and drank it.

       On each day for the rest of the week [Tue to Fri], Joe went to his usual cafe, ordered his usual hot drink,

       paid for it, and sat down and drank it.

       By Friday afternoon, Joe had ordered, paid for, and drunk five cups of his usual hot drink, but Joe had

       only paid a total amount of £5 for his five hot drinks.

       How is this possible ?

Q6 5 [FIVE] = 4; 6 [SIX] = 9; 7 [SEVEN] = 5

        What does 12 [TWELVE] = ?

Q7 A bath is filled with water.

      You are given a teaspoon; a teacup; a bucket; and told to empty the bath.

       How do you do it ?

Q8 What is the missing number in the following sequence

          16    06    68    88    ?     98

Q9 Which of the following words is the answer to a tough anagram ?

         COULD   DOUBT     MIGHT     OUGHT ?

Q10 Ben Walker lives in London.

         On Monday morning, Ben got up early, showered and got dressed in a clean white shirt and blue suit.

         After breakfast, Ben left home to go to work in his new job across London, and said to himself

          "I have nothing to hide about now being a tax inspector".

         On his way to his new office, Ben sat reading a book. He arrived at his new office early and was

         pleased he had not had yo travel of the Underground.

         How did Ben get from his hom to his new office ?

Answers; results; and scores will be posted on morning of Saturday 28 Dec 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 26 Dec 2024] and before 9pm [21.00] Fri 27 Dec 2024].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Fri 27 Dec 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.

[pgn]

🤯

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn 

pm with your answers received

[Mi-Amigo]

THE ANSWERS

Q1 This Christmas four young men - DAMIEN, CHRISTOPHER, BENJAMIN, and ARCHIE - decided to spend

         Xmas away from home. Each of them went to a different city.

         DAMIEN went to Amsterdam; Christopher went to Rio de Janeiro; Benjamin went to London.

         Did Archie go to Antwerp, Berlin, Paris, or Rome ?

A1  Archie went to Paris.

       Part of name of person = part of name of famous place in city went to...

       DAMien = Dam Square, Amsterdam;  CHRISTopher = Christ the Redeemer, Rio; 

       BENjamin = Big Ben, London; ARChie = Arc de Triumph, Paris

Q2 What is the following words have in common

          BLUR    GRANGE    GREEK     MELLOW     ROD

A2  Change one letter to make name of a colour - 

         blur = blue; grange = orange; greek = green; mellow = yellow; rod = red

Q3 APPLE costs 20p;  BANANA cost 30p; GRAPEFRUIT costs 40p 

        How much does PEAR cost ?

A3  Pear costs 20p. Cost is 10p for each vowel in name of fruit.

Q4 If 1 = F; 2 = E; 3 = I; 4 = R

       What does 5 = ?

A4  5 = H.

       1 = 1st letter in First; 2 = 2nd letter in sEcond; 3 = 3rd letter in thIrd; 4 = 4th letter in fouRth

       5 = 5h letter in fiftH 

Q5 Joe has been going to the same cafe every day [Monday to Friday] for his morning hot drink.

       Last Monday, Joe went to his usual cafe for his usual morning hot drink when he saw a sign which read

          "As from today - Monday - the price of a cup of coffee has increased from £1 to £1.25"

       Joe ordered his usual hot drink, paid for it, sat down and drank it.

       On each day for the rest of the week [Tue to Fri], Joe went to his usual cafe, ordered his usual hot drink,

       paid for it, and sat down and drank it.

       By Friday afternoon, Joe had ordered, paid for, and drunk five cups of his usual hot drink, but Joe had

       only paid a total amount of £5 for his five hot drinks.

       How is this possible ?

A5  Joe doesn`t drink coffee. Cost of other hot drinks has not increased in price.

Q6 5 [FIVE] = 4; 6 [SIX] = 9; 7 [SEVEN] = 5

        What does 12 [TWELVE] = ?

A6  12 [TWELVE] = 55

       Roman letters for number in name of number.

Q7 A bath is filled with water.

      You are given a teaspoon; a teacup; a bucket; and told to empty the bath.

       How do you do it ?

A7  Pull out the plug !!

Q8 What is the missing number in the following sequence

          16    06    68    88    ?     98

A8 87

     Turn given numbers upside down, so reads

        91    90    89     88     ?    86

      missing [?] number = 87

Q9 Which of the following words is the answer to a tough anagram ?

         COULD   DOUBT     MIGHT     OUGHT ?

A9   OUGHT = anagram of TOUGH

Q10 Ben Walker lives in London.

         On Monday morning, Ben got up early, showered and got dressed in a clean white shirt and blue suit.

         After breakfast, Ben left home to go to work in his new job across London, and said to himself

          "I have nothing to hide about now being a tax inspector".

         On his way to his new office, Ben sat reading a book. He arrived at his new office early and was

         pleased he had not had to travel on the Underground.

         How did Ben get from his hom to his new office ?

A10   Taxi.

          Clue = nothing to hide about now being a TAX Inspector

           Didn`t  walk [sat reading]; didn`t take Underground.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@Oxonian 

Q1 Berlin - incorrect  Q2 pass      Q3 correct             Q4 pass       Q5 correct

Q6 pass                       Q7 correct  Q8 78 - incorrect  Q9 correct   Q10 walked - incorrect

Total - 4 correct = 40%

@BobM 

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

Q6 correct                       Q7 correct  Q8 correct  Q9 correct   Q10 correct

Total - 9 correct = 90%

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct            Q2 cheese - incorrect  Q3 60p - incorrect  Q4 5 - incorrect   Q5 Joe owed £1.25 - incorrect

Q6 10 - incorrect  Q7 correct                   Q8 78 - incorrect     Q9 correct           Q10 bus - incorrect

Total - 3 correct = 30%

@jonsie 

Q1 correct  Q2 correct  Q3 correct  Q4 correct   

Q5 He went last week when it was £1.00 - true; but need answer for this week

Q6 correct  Q7 correct  Q8 correct  Q9 correct   Q10 correct

Total - 9 correct = 90%

@MI5 

Q1 correct  Q2 correct  Q3 50p - incorrect  Q4 correct   Q5 correct

Q6 correct  Q7 correct  Q8 correct               Q9 correct   Q10 chauffer-driven - incorrect

Total - 8 correct = 80%

@pgn 

Q1 Berlin - incorrect  Q2 correct  Q3 correct  Q4 Y - incorrect   Q5 correct

Q6 correct                   Q7 correct  Q8 correct  Q9 correct           Q10 chauffer-driven - incorrect

Total - 7 correct = 70%

[Mi-Amigo]

THE SCORES - %

100% - 10 correct - no-one

  90% -   9 correct - @BobM @jonsie 

  80% -   8 correct - @MI5 

  70% -   7 correct - @pgn 

  60% -   6 correct - no-one

  50% -   5 correct - no-one

  40% -   4 correct - @Oxonian 

  30% -   3 correct - @TallTrees 

No-one got 100% this time.

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.

White Room Quiz is back on Monday 30 Dec with the End of the Year Quiz.

[TallTrees]

Morning @Mi-Amigo 

Thank you for the brain teaser 

over festive holidays. 

Well done everyone. 

[pgn]

Tough. But fair. Does 6 = " "... 🤔

As for TAXI, a chauffeur-driven car would have been "A tooL I'M Ok with" 😎

Good one, @Mi-Amigo - scored higher than I thought I would 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone. Sorry I didn't get to take part this time. 🙄

[BobM]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo - enjoyed that, although totally over thought Q1

A few tough ones in there so well done to all who took part 👍 

[MI5]

Better than expected although close with chauffeur driven

Thanks @Mi-Amigo and well done all.