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Welcome to the October 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 [Wed 02 Oct 2024] and 9 pm tomorrow [Thurs 03 Oct 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 @J9el @Oxonian @Spenny [ @Dave-O2 is on leave]
and any other member who enjoys quizzes and puzzles will join in with today`s Brain Teaser .
Brain Teaser Questions
Q1 Brothers Alex and Billy take turns to drive their car on their day out.
Leaving their home, Alex drove the first 90 miles, then Billy drove the rest of the way to their destination.
On the way back home, Alex again drove first, then Billy took over and drove the remaining 100 miles.
Who drove the furthest - Alex or Billy ?
Q2 What is the next word in this sequence
ALCATRAZ BERRY COX
Is it
DOUGHNUT DISALLOW DUSTY DUNGEON ?
Q3 If 2, 3 and 10 go together;
and 6 and 7 go together;
which two of these numbers go together
1, 4, 5, 9 ?
Q4 What do the following words have in common
FIRST ALMOST BEGIN EMPTY BELOW
Q5 How can you place a pencil on the floor of a room so no-one can jump over it ?
You cannot cover the pencil, nor place anything on top or underneath the pencil
Q6 A man is on one side of a river and his dog is on the other side of the river. The man calls the dog and
the dog crosses the river to the man`s side. The dog doesn`t get wet, doesn`t use a bridge, and doesn`t
take a ride on a boat.
How did the dog reach the man ?
Q7 Using only addition [ + ], make an equation of eight 8s so it equals [ = ] 1000
Q8 If B = 5; C = 6; F = 9
What does H = ?
Q9 Which fruit is 20% mango; 20% peach; 20% grape; 20% melon; and 20% lemon ?
Q10 The police receive an anonymous phone call.
The caller says a murder has been committed; and says the murderer`s name is "Jack".
The caller says "Jack" has fled the crime scene to another house and gives the address.
The police drive to the address given by the caller and enter the house where they find four people
- a carpenter; a lorry driver; a fireman; and a mechanic playing poker.
Without asking any of the four poker-players their name, the police arrest the fireman on suspicion
of being the murderer.
How did the police know the fireman was the suspect ?
Answers; results; and scores will be posted on morning of Friday 04 Oct 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 02 Oct 2024] and before 9pm [21.00] Thurs 03 Oct 2024].
No member is to post any answer on the thread.
Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Thurs 03 Oct 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.
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THE ANSWERS
Q1 Brothers Alex and Billy take turns to drive their car on their day out.
Leaving their home, Alex drove first 90 miles, then Billy drove the rest of the way to their destination.
On the way back home, Alex again drove first, then Billy took over and drove the remaining 100 miles.
Who drove the furthest - Alex or Billy ?
A1 Billy.
If total distance is called T, then on leaving home Alex drove 90 miles, Billy drove T - 90.
on way back home, Alex drove T - 100, as Billy drove 100.
In total, Alex drove 90 + T - 100 = T - 10.
Billy drove T - 90 + 100 = T + 20.
Q2 What is the next word in this sequence
ALCATRAZ BERRY COX
Is it
DOUGHNUT DISALLOW DUSTY DUNGEON ?
A2 DISALLOW -
ALCATRAZ - 1st word ends with last letter of alphabet
BERRY 2nd next to last
COX 3rd 3rd from last
DISALLOW 4th 4th from last
Q3 If 2, 3 and 10 go together;
and 6 and 7 go together;
which two of these numbers go together
1, 4, 5, 9 ?
A3 4 + 5
words which go tether begin with same letter
TWO, THREE, and TEN; SIX and SEVEN; FOUR and Five
Q4 What do the following words have in common
FIRST ALMOST BEGIN EMPTY BELOW
A4 letters of each word are in alphabetical order
Q5 How can you place a pencil on the floor of a room so no-one can jump over it ?
You cannot cover the pencil, nor place anything on top or underneath the pencil
A5 Place pencil in corner or against the wall of the room
Q6 A man is on one side of a river and his dog is on the other side of the river. The man calls the dog and
the dog crosses the river to the man`s side. The dog doesn`t get wet, doesn`t use a bridge, and doesn`t
take a ride on a boat.
How did the dog reach the man ?
A6 River was frozen and dog walked across.
Some gave answer - river was narrow, dog jumped across; or river had dried out and dog walked across;
which I`ll also accept as correct.
Q7 Using only addition [ + ], make an equation of eight 8s so it equals [ = ] 1000
A7 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + = 1000
Q8 If B = 5; C = 6; F = 9
What does H = ?
A8 H = 11.
B = 5' C = 6, D = 7; E = 8; F = 9; G = 10; H = 11.
Q9 Which fruit is 20% mango; 20% peach; 20% grape; 20% melon; and 20% lemon ?
A9 APPLE.
20% of MANGO = A; 20% of PEACH = P; 20% of GRAPE = P; 20% of MELON = L; 20% of LEMON = E.
Q10 The police receive an anonymous phone call.
The caller says a murder has been committed; and says the murderer`s name is "Jack".
The caller says "Jack" has fled the crime scene to another house and gives the address.
The police drive to the address given by the caller and enter the house where they find four people
- a carpenter; a lorry driver; a fireman; and a mechanic playing poker.
Without asking any of the four poker-players their name, the police arrest the fireman on suspicion
of being the murderer.
How did the police know the fireman was the suspect ?
A10. Fireman was the only man, the other three were women.
Some gave answer - fireman was wearing a badge. Sorry can`t accept. Unlikely fireman was wearing
uniform with is badge after muder and playing poker. Even if he was, badge would more likely have
his surname rather than "Jack" on it.
Sorry for ayone disappointed but it is a brain teaser after all 😀 and I tried to be fair with Q6.
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THE RESULTS
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 doughnut - incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 name badge - incorrect
Total: 8 correct = 80%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 name badge - incorrect
Total: 9 correct = 90%
Q1 Alex - incorrect Q2 correct Q3 5 + 9 incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct
Total: 8 correct = 80%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 pass Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 mixed fruit salad - incorrect Q10 name badge - incorrect
Total: 7 correct = 70%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct
Total: 10 correct = 100%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 1 + 5 - incorrect Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct
Total: 9 correct = 90%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 correct Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 correct Q8 correct Q9 correct Q10 correct
Total: 10 correct = 100%
Q1 correct Q2 correct Q3 correct Q4 pass Q5 correct
Q6 correct Q7 pass Q8 pass Q9 pass Q10 pass
Total: 5 correct - 50%
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THE SCORES - %
100% - 10 correct - @pgn @BobM
90% - 9 correct - @Cleoriff @jonsie
80% - 8 correct - @gmarkj
70% - 7 correct - @Oxonian
60% - 6 correct - no-one
50% - 5 correct - @TallTrees
40% - 4 correct - no-one
30% - 3 correct - no-one
20% - 2 correct - no-one
10% - 1 correct - no-one
CONGRATULATIONS to our 100% -ers = @pgn @BobM
Well done everyone else - everyone got at least half [50%] correct.
I hope you enjoyed this Brain Teaser.
The Off Topic Brain Teaser will return soon....
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