Brain Teaser

[pmccarthy]

Justify, not a month

[red750]

Right again, Peter. The others end in abbreviation for a month.

 

TROJAN
DISMAY
TRANSEPT
CONCOCT
JUSTIFY

 

 

A is the first letter of the alphabet that looks the same in a mirror. What is the second letter?

[spacesailor]

H

spacesailor

 

[spacesailor]

Second letter of the alphabet B. .

Of course , I again read between those lines. 

spacesailor

[red750]

H was right spacey. B mirrored would look like this...

 

 

[red750]

How many times does the letter ‘A’ appear in the in the numbers from 1 to 100 when spelled out? 

[Marty_d]

0?  Probably doesn't appear til you hit one hundred AND one.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 1 by Marty_d

[red750]

Right on, Marty.

 

30 seconds, remember.

 

In which word below are the letters not in alphabetical order?
    Glory    Almost    Begins    Eight
 

[pmccarthy]

Eight

 

[red750]

That's right Pete.

 

Next question:

 

Which of these is an anagram of a day of the week?
     DUSTY TEA         WEEDY DAWN      SHADY RUT
 

 

I know some of these are too easy, but you might be surprised how many contestants get them wrong.

Twenty five of the 100 contestants in the latest episode of the UK version got this one wrong, and it was the simplest of the lot, the first question of the episode:

 

Which word below has the most vowels?

    Vowel        Consonant    Letter.

[Marty_d]

SHADY RUT (Thursday) and Consonant.  Yes less than 30 seconds (including the previous answer - I edited it because I originally said "A doesn't appear til THOUSAND" but then thought that in Australian English we say "One hundred AND one" (as opposed to US who drop the "and").  But the answer was always 0.

 

[facthunter]

You're a previously unrecognised GENIUS. Nev

[red750]

Lee Mack's joke while people were thinking about the anagram question was, "Anagram is an anagram of anagram if you swap the A's around."

 

Right on both counts, Marty. I'm late responding because I was at the Men's Shed and the NBN was out, so no internet.

 

Next question:

 

Mo plays rock paper scissors against Lesley.
Mo does rock, then paper, then scissors
Lesley does paper, then scissors, then rock
What is the final score?
1-1 Draw         2-1 to Mo         3-0 to Lesley
 

[Marty_d]

Lesley 3 - 0

[red750]

Yes again Marty. Now try this one.

 

What letter comes next in this sequence?
  O T T F F S S
 

[pmccarthy]

E

[red750]

Correct.   One Two  Three..........Seven  Eight.

 

 

 

A bat and ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?   

[pmccarthy]

Five cents

[red750]

Right again. Now you're up to date.

[spacesailor]

5 c , ! .

How ?? .

$1.10 minus 10 % gst . Leaves $ 1.00 .

spacesailor

Edited May 4 by spacesailor

[red750]

Total cost $1.10 minus difference = 10c. Two items = 1/2 10c = 5c each. Who mentioned GST? 

[red750]

A mother and father have three daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many children do the mother and father have in total?   

 

 

[spacesailor]

4 

Just a guess. 

Spacesailor

[red750]

Good guess, that's correct. 

 

Most of the questions were pretty easy this week, some too easy to bother about. I can't copy the graphics ones.

 

Next:

If planet Earth has a Heart, what body part does Mars have?

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Arms