Summer Bank Holiday Brain Teaser - Mon 26 Aug 2024

[Mi-Amigo]

Welcome to the Summer Bank Holiday 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 [Mon 26 Aug 2024] and 9 pm tomorrow [Tues 27 Aug 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 Six friends go on a summer holiday together. Five of the friends are SARAH, RUTH, SIMON, ADAM, and

        KENNETH. Is the sixth friend - HENRY, GEORGE, RICHARD, or ROSEMARY ?

Q2 The water level of the reservoir doubles every day. It takes 60 days to fill the reservoir.

        How many days does it take for the reservoir to be half full ?

Q3 Which of thefollowing words is the odd one out

         CANARIES, CHAMELEONS, GORILLAS, LIBRARIAN, SCORPIONS ?

Q4 What is the next number in this sequence

          914275    94275    9475     975 ?

Q5 Which creatures has the head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and tail of a dragon ?

Q6 A man is alone in a room, which has no door and has no window. The walls, floor, and ceiling are made of

        concrete and are 6 inches thick. The man has no tools to help him.

        How does the man leave the room alone ?

Q7 Add + , + , +, - , to the following numbers

          9  8  7  6   5  4  3  2  1

      to make an equation which = 100

      NOTE - you CANNOT change the order of the numbers in the sequence

Q8 There are a dozen eggs in an egg carton. 12 people each take one egg, but there is still one egg left in

        the egg carton. Explain how this is possible.

Q9 There are 7 loaves of unsliced bread that need to be shared equally between 12 people.

        How can this be done without splitting any loaf into 12 pieces ?

Q10  A window cleaner is cleaning the window on the 30th floor of a skyscraper. Suddenly the window

           cleaner slips and falls but does not injure himself. The window cleaner was not wearing a safety

           harness and there was nothing to cushion his fall.

           How did the window cleaner fall without injurying himself ?

Answers; results; and scores will be posted on morning of Wed 28 Aug 2024 .

Can anyone get 100% this time ?

THE RULES

Each member must pm [private message] their answers to me [Mi-Amigo] after 9am today [Mon 26 Aug 2024] and before 9pm [21.00] Tues 27 Aug 2024].

No member is to post any answer on the thread.

Any answer received after 9pm [21.00] on Tues 27 Aug 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.

[MI5]

Better than I expected.

Thanks @Mi-Amigo 

[Cleoriff]

It's a pity @BobM missed this, as he loves this sort of quiz. 🤗

[BobM]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

It's a pity @BobM missed this, as he loves this sort of quiz. 🤗

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Agreed @Cleoriff and sorry @Mi-Amigo for missing it.

Been lying a bit low these past few days.   As my emails from the forum are still going to the junk folder where I don't receive an alert, it's easy to miss things unless I go looking.

Checked the teaser over this morning and a few tough ones in there, - would have struggled with a couple of them.  Well done all who took part. 👍

[Cleoriff]

Sorry you missed it @BobM.

Maybe @Mi-Amigo needs to PM you when he does the next one. 🤗

[BobM]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Maybe @Mi-Amigo needs to PM you when he does the next one. 🤗

A PM would still end up in junk.  Everything from the forum which comes via email notification ends up the same way.  Comes in as 'unverified'.

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[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @pgn @MI5 @Cleoriff 

Pleased you enjoyed the brain teaser and well done on your scores

Sorry you missed the brain teaser @BobM 

Hope you get the chance to join in with the next one

[Oxonian]

Thank you @Mi-Amigo, there were a couple of tough questions in there. My score of 40 per cent was actually better than expected ! 👍

Well done to all of the high scorers and particular congratulations to the individual who achieved full marks.   

[Mi-Amigo]

Thank you @Oxonian 

Pleased you enjoyed the brain teaser and well done on your score.

[pgn]

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@Oxonian wrote:

Well done to all of the high scorers and particular congratulations to the individual who achieved full marks.   

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Just catching up on comments to this brain-marmalizing BH quiz: S'up, @Oxonian - too hard to type '@' and choose the individual's name, viz. @Cleoriff? 🤣

That deserves a 'well done', that one 👍🏼

[Cleoriff]

Oh I just noticed @pgn 😂😂

Maybe I'll become Nurse Individual instead 😎🤣