Brain Teaser

[red750]

If your newspaper has 20 pages – with the front cover as page 1 and the back cover as page 20 – and you read every page, how many times do you have to turn the page?

[Marty_d]

10

[willedoo]

17 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Try reading it backwards. 

By a process of elimination I found out why Google Translate detects it as Hmong. In Esrever ni hsilgne tsuj si siht, the words ni, tsuj, and siht all correspond to Hmong words.

[red750]

Once again,Marty, spot on. Many people guess 9, forgetting to count turning to the last page.

[red750]

What number between 1 and 100 has the most syllables when said out loud?

[willedoo]

77

[red750]

Yes.   (Apart from the twin's birthday one, all these came from the TV quiz show 'The 1% Club" some from the Aussie version, some from the UK version.)

 

 

What well-known 3-word expression is written in code below?
THODEEPUGHT
 

[onetrack]

Well it's DEEP THOUGHT, but that's not a 3 word expression.

[red750]

And DEEP is imbedded in THOUGHT, so the three word expression is DEEP IN THOUGHT.

 

 

 

Which animal is half goat and one third cow?

[onetrack]

A bit of an esoteric answer to me, but I guess these question posers like to put tricks into the questions.

[Marty_d]

10 minutes ago, red750 said:

And DEEP is imbedded in THOUGHT, so the three word expression is DEEP IN THOUGHT.

 

 

 

Which animal is half goat and one third cow?

Cat

[red750]

No doubt about you Marty, you're on tha ball.

[Marty_d]

Only for the easy ones Peter, but thank you. 

[red750]

Which is the odd one out?

Coffee  Dresser  Grammar  Potato  Revive   Uneven  
 

[Marty_d]

Uneven 

[red750]

Not this time, mate.

[facthunter]

Married People are the most neglected. How often do you hear something along the Line s of Every  SINGLE person  got a prize?   Nev

[red750]

11 hours ago, red750 said:

Coffee  Dresser  Grammar  Potato  Revive   Uneven  

The odd one out is Coffee.  The others are the same in reverse if you move the first letter to the end. Dresser  >   resserD     Grammar   >   rammarG  etc.

 

 

What can be placed between 3 and 7 to produce a number greater than 3 but less than 7?

[Marty_d]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

The odd one out is Coffee.  The others are the same in reverse if you move the first letter to the end. Dresser  >   resserD     Grammar   >   rammarG  etc.

 

 

What can be placed between 3 and 7 to produce a number greater than 3 but less than 7?

 

A decimal point.  The reason I chose Uneven is it's the only one to start with a vowel.

[red750]

Decimal point is correct, Marty. 

 

 

 

 

On a digital 24-hour clock that displays hours, minutes and seconds, how many times in each 24-hour period do all six digits change simultaneously?

[Marty_d]

2

[red750]

Try again mate.

[facthunter]

 Is MATE an order? Nev

[Marty_d]

Oh, I missed the bit about it being a 24-hour clock.  On a normal clock all digit change when the time flicks over from 11:59:59 to 00:00:00 and again when it goes from 09:59:59 to 10:00:00.  That would be 2.  

 

For a 24-hour clock you'd have 10:00:00, 20:00:00 and 00:00:00.  So 3?

[red750]

Yes, 3 is right.

 

09:59:59  >   10:00:00     ,   19:59:59 >  20:00:00,    23:59:59   >   00:00:00

 

 

 

I'm all out of brain teasers for the present, you'll have to wait till the next 1% Club.