October Brain Teaser - Wed 02 Oct 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

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.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @BobM @TallTrees @Cleoriff @MI5 

Pleased you enjoyed the brain teaser and well done on your scores, especially as there were a few tough ones.

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

When you think the contestants in the TV programme the 100% club have less than a minute to answer those questions, it just shows how hard it is really. 

I also know, sometimes it's easy to overthink a question and dismiss your first answer, as it seems too easy. When you should go with your gut instinct. (Not that I even thought of the answer to Q10) 😂

[jonsie]

Wow, did much better than I expected!

Congrats to all who entered another toughie from @Mi-Amigo 

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, pleased with my score as Brain Teasers are not really my kind of thing. 👍

Well done everyone else and particularly to those who got full marks. 😀 

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Mi-Amigo 

When you think the contestants in the TV programme the 100% club have less than a minute to answer those questions, it just shows how hard it is really. 

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Totally agree @Cleoriff 

I love the 1% Club on ITV but find some of the questions impossible to solve in such a short time.

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @jonsie and @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the quiz and well done on your scores as some of the questions were difficult.

[jonsie]

As said, I had all day to try and work these out

A couple I got in a minute but not a chance with the others

[Oxonian]

That makes me feel a little better @jonsie ; you scored nine and I scored seven, but I spent less than thirty minutes on it ! 👍 

[gmarkj]

Extremely happy with that, and didn't spot the "clue" in Q10.

Well done everyone, and thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @gmarkj 

Pleased you enjoyed the brain teaser and well done on your score. Q10 was hard and caught most quizzers out