Boxing Day Brain Teaser

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Boxing Day 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 [Boxing Day - Tues 26 Dec] and 9 pm tomorrow [Wed 27 Dec]

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 @BobM @J9el @Spenny @Dave-O2 @Oxonian 

and any other member who enjoys quizzes and puzzles will join in with today`s White Room Quiz.

Brain Teaser Questions

Q1 What is the next number in this sequence...

         8   5   4   9   1   7

Q2 Five people are eating apples.

      A finishes before B but after C; D finishes before E but after B.

      What is the finishing order - from first to finish to last to finish ?

Q3 What is the letter in this sequence

         A    U    O    U

Q4 How can 8 + 6 = 2 [eight plus six equals two] ?

Q5 If BLAU = 5; GELB = 2; GRUN = 3

       What number does ROSA = ?

Q6 Susan and Lisa are playing each other at tennis and bet each other £1 on each win in each game they play.

      Susan won 3 bets, but Lisa won £5.

      How many games in total did Susan and Lisa play ?

Q7 What is the next letter in this sequence

         D   R    M   F    S   L

Q8 Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing.

        What am I ?

Q9 What is the next word in this sequence

         OPTS    POTS    SPOT   STOP

Q10 A mother tells her son that she will pay him £6 per hour for the six seconds that he will  take to wash his

         hands before dinner.

        The son took six seconds to wash his hands, so how much did his mother have to pay him ?

The answers; results; and the scores will be posted on the morning of Thursday 28 Dec.

Can anyone get 100% ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 9am today [Tue 26 Dec 2023] and before 9pm [21.00] Wed 27 Dec 2023].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Wed 27 Dec 2023 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]

Number 8 is 8, not nine as above, @Mi-Amigo - while you can still edit it 🤣

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@pgn 

Q1 correct           Q2 correct  Q3 A - incorrect  Q4 octagon + hexagon - incorrect   Q5 correct .

Q6 8 - incorrect   Q7 correct  Q8 correct           Q9 correct                                          Q10 correct .

Score - 70% for 7 correct .

@MI5 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct  Q3 A - incorrect  Q4 correct   Q5 4 - incorrect .

Q6 correct   Q7 correct  Q8 correct           Q9 correct   Q10 0.01p - incorrect .

Score - 70% for 7 correct .

@TallTrees 

Q1 2 - incorrect   Q2 correct  Q3 U - incorrect  Q4 correct   Q5 5 - incorrect .

Q6 correct           Q7 correct  Q8 correct           Q9 correct   Q10 correct .

Score - 70% for 7 correct .

@Cleoriff 

Q1 correct   Q2 correct  Q3 pass       Q4 pass       Q5 pass .

Q6 correct   Q7 correct  Q8 correct  Q9 correct   Q10 correct .

Score - 70% for 7 correct .

@BobM 

Q1 correct           Q2 correct  Q3 I - incorrect  Q4 correct   Q5   correct .

Q6 8 - incorrect   Q7 correct  Q8 correct         Q9 correct   Q10 correct .

Score - 80% for 8 correct .

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct           Q2 correct  Q3 A - incorrect  Q4 pass        Q5 pass.

Q6 8 - incorrect   Q7 correct  Q8 pass                Q9 correct   Q10 60p - incorrect .

Score - 40% for 4 correct .

[Cleoriff]

Wow, better than I thought. 😂

Well done everyone, particularly @BobM who won the gold medal. 🥇

[Mi-Amigo]

THE SCORES

100% = 10 correct - none

  90% =   9 correct - none

  80% =   8 correct - @BobM 

  70% =   7 correct - @pgn @MI5 @TallTrees @Cleoriff 

  60% =   6 correct - none

  50% =   5 correct - none

  40% =   4 correct - @Dave-O2 

Everyone taking part scored at least 40%.

Well done, all.

I hope you enjoyed [?] this brain teaser.

[BobM]

Thanks for that @Mi-Amigo - good fun.

I knew a couple, worked out some more and guessed a couple, one of them being correct.  I knew the colours were in German but didn't tie it in to snooker at all, but my guess was correct.  Ah well, some times we're lucky.  Well done everyone, enjoyed that 👍

[MI5]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

My answer of 0.01p was actually meant to be read as £0.01, ie 1p but well done all.

[pgn]

Well, despite my odd logic on one of those that I got right, and completely missing the clock one, not bad at all. 

Brain thoroughly juiced! 🤣👍🏼

Well done @BobM and all, and thanks, @Mi-Amigo 🌟

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Cleoriff @BobM @MI5 @pgn for your comments.

I came up with Q3 - which no-one got right- so you can all blame me.

Some of the questions I got off the internet and tried them myself before checking the answers and deciding whether to include them in this quiz. One of these questions was Q6 Lisa and Susan playing tennis.

I admit that - like @pgn @BobM and @Dave-O2 - I thought the answer was 8 games played and was wrong.

It was fun putting this together. And maybe there might be another Brain Teaser in the future 😉 .

[Cleoriff]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thank you @Cleoriff @BobM @MI5 @pgn for your comments.

I came up with Q3 - which no-one got right- so you can all blame me.

Some of the questions I got off the internet and tried them myself before checking the answers and deciding whether to include them in this quiz. One of these questions was Q6 Lisa and Susan playing tennis.

I admit that - like @pgn @BobM and @Dave-O2 - I thought the answer was 8 games played and was wrong.

It was fun putting this together. And maybe there might be another Brain Teaser in the future 😉 .

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@Mi-Amigo 

I just asked Ray if he knew the answer to Q3 (he loves this sort of quiz) Needless to say, he got it in less than 5 mins. He also got the German colours as he loves snooker.

I should have asked him to do it. 😂

[Dave-O2]

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

Was fun taking part and an excellent edition to the festive activity.

Well done everyone 👍