Love Week Brain Teaser 2025

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Love Week Brain Teaser 2025

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 12 Feb 2025] and 9 pm tomorrow [Thurs 13 Feb 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 @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 Four girls

     - Linda from Liverpool; Helen from Yeovil; Jenny from Dover; Wendy from Wolverhampton -

        are at the same university.

        Three of the girls are in love and will be going for a romantic meal on Valentine`s Day.

      Which of the girls is NOT in love and not going for a meal ?  

Q2 Here is a list of animals

      - emu; lion; ant

      Which of the following animals can be added to the above list

        deer;  pelican; pig; spider ?

Q3 5 plus 6 = 11; but 6 plus 7 = 1.

        How is this possible ?

Q4 There is a three digit number.

       The first digit is three less than the second digit

       The second digit is four times as long as the third digit

       The third digit is the same as the first digit.  

Q5 Jack Jones lives round the corner from The Bell pub in Bow, London.

      On Monday morning The Bell pub posted a notice outside

        "As from this morning - Monday - no animals will be allowed in The Bell pub".

      The next day, Tuesday, Jack Jones went to his local betting office to collect his winnings and then went

       to The Bell pub to celebrate. Jack Jones walked into The Bell pub with a monkey but was not asked to

       leave and was served.

       Why wasn`t Jack asked to leave The Bell pub ?

Q6 What is the missing number in the following sequence

         4    9    1     ?     6

Q7 Over a week, Cathy Crockworth ordered coffee and Tabitha Truckle ordered tea at a local cafe.

      How many drinks, in total, did Cathy and Tabitha order over the week ? 

Q8 What is the missing number in the following sequqence

        7   8   5   5   3   4   4   ?   9   7   8   8

Q9 Which of the following words is the odd one out 

        DOGMATIC     HOWLER     TRANSFORM     VACATE 

Q10 Peter only has bath night once a week.

        Peter`s bath night is not on a day with an even number of letters in it.

        Peter`s bath night is not on a Wednesday.

        Peter`s bath night is no more than 3 days after the weekend.

        on which day of the week is Peter`s bath night ?

The answers; results; and the scores will be posted on the morning of Friday 14 Feb 2025.

Can anyone get 100% ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 9am today [Wed 12 Feb 2025] and before 9pm [21.00] Thurs 13 Feb 2025].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Thurs 13 Feb 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.

[Mi-Amigo]

THE RESULTS

@TallTrees 

Q1 correct  Q2 correct            Q3 correct   Q4 pass                          Q5 it is Tuesday - incorrect

Q6 pass       Q7 7 - incorrect   Q8 pass        Q9 VACATE - incorrect  Q10 correct

Total - 4 correct = 40%

@Oxonian 

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

Q6 pass                      Q7 correct    Q8 pass       Q9 HOWLER - incorrect  Q10 correct

Total - 5 correct = 50%

@Cleoriff 

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

Q6 6253 - 4 = 2 squared; 9 = 3 squared; 1 6 = 4 squared; 25 = 5 squared; 3 6 = 6 squared - incorrect

        wow - what an amazing answer, sorry it isn`t correct in this brain teaser

Q7 correct  Q8 correct   Q9 correct   Q10 correct

Total - 8 correct = 80%

@MI5 

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

Q6 16 - incorrect  Q7 correct                     Q8 correct   Q9 correct  Q10 correct

Total - 8 correct = 80%

@pgn 

Q1 correct           Q2 correct   Q3 correct   Q4 correct  Q5 correct

Q6 5 - incorrect  Q7 correct   Q8 correct   Q9 correct  Q10 correct

Total - 9 correct = 90%

@Dave-O2 

Q1 correct            Q2 deer - incorrect   Q3 -6 - incorrect   Q4 pass                         Q5 correct

Q6 14 - incorrect  Q7 correct                Q8 8 - incorrect     Q9 VACATE - incorrect  Q10 correct

Total - 4 correct = 40%

@gmarkj 

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

Q6 pass       Q7 correct                Q8 1 - incorrect  Q9 correct   Q10 correct

Total - 7 correct = 70%

[Mi-Amigo]

THE SCORES - %

100% - 10 correct - no-one

  90% -   9 correct - @pgn 

  80% -   8 correct - @Cleoriff @MI5 

  70% -   7 correct - @gmarkj 

  60% -   6 correct - no-one

  50% -   5 correct - @Oxonian 

  40% -   4 correct - @TallTrees @Dave-O2 

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.

[pgn]

Wow! A lot better than I expected, and a shame the alphabetisation of numerals was something I failed to spot 😖

Well done all, and thanks for giving us all a chance to juice our brains out through our ears... I think!

[Cleoriff]

Well done everyone.

Pity I looked at vowels and not legs for Q2. As for the alphabetical order of the numbers..

Pffffttttt. 😂

My head hurt for some time after that @Mi-Amigo but thanks anyway....🤣

[MI5]

That was tough @Mi-Amigo 

Thanks and well done all.

[Cleoriff]

Also, sad that @BobM missed this. Just up his street!! 😉

[TallTrees]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo for running the brain teaser results were good. Well done all.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff @TallTrees 

Well done with your scores; as some questions were tough - especially the numbers in alphabetical order, which no-one got right.

As mentioned, it was a shame @BobM missed this brain teaser; and did wonder how he would have done.

[gmarkj]

Some of these are very obvious when you know the answer, but completely unfathomable if you don't!

Well done everyone, and thanks for the intense brain workout @Mi-Amigo 

[BobM]

I've not been keeping so good lately and unfortunately unable to take part in the 'Love Week'.  Yes @Cleoriff & @Mi-Amigo I do enjoy the teasers, but looking over this I'm not so sure I'd have done too well.  Couple of tricky ones in there, but well done all who took part.  Hopefully be around for the next one. 👍