Monthly Brain Teaser!
February 2011
In the February 2011 Horizon Insider e-Newsletter, we posed the following Brain Teaser:
What is the next letter in the following sequence?
O T T F F S S
72% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The answer is “E”. Each letter above represents the first letter of each number from 1-7: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven. The next number in the sequence would be 8 (Eight) which begins with the letter E.
Congratulations to Everyone Who Got the Answer!
January 2011
How would you rearrange the letters in the words “new door” to make one word?
94% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
By simply rearranging the letters in “new door” you get “one word”. (We didn’t say arrange them to make a single word!)
December 2010
If you count from 1 to 100, how many 6′s will you pass on the way?
43% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The answer is 20.
6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 86, 96. If you guessed 19, you forgot that there are TWO 6′s in 66!
November 2010
You have a 3 gallon jug and a 5 gallon jug. You need to measure out exactly 7 gallons of water. How do you do it?
37% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
Fill the 5 gallon jug with water and pour it into the 3 gallon jug until the 3 gallon jug is full; this leaves you with 2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug. Now pour out the water in the 3 gallon jug. Pour the 2 gallons of water from the 5 gallon jug into the empty 3 gallon jug. Fill the 5 gallon jug with water. You now have exactly 7 gallons.
October 2010
At a recent birthday party there were four mothers and each with one child age 1, 2, 3 or 4. From the clues below, can you figure out whose child is whose and what is their respective ages?
It was Janet’s child’s birthday party.
Brian is not the oldest child.
Sarah had Phoebe just over a year ago.
Laura’s child will be 3 next birthday.
Daniel is older than Charlie.
Heather’s child is the oldest.
Charlie is older than Laura’s child.
47% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
Heather is the mother of Daniel (Age 4).
Janet is the mother of Charlie (Age 3).
Laura is the mother of Brian (Age 2).
Sarah is the mother of Phoebe (Age 1).
September 2010
When typed in upper case, this common, four-letter word reads the same upside down. What is the word?
62% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The word is NOON.
August 2010
A local petting zoo has both goats and peacocks. If there are a total of 34 eyes and 58 feet, how many of each animal are there?
34% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
There are 5 peacocks and 12 goats.
July 2010
There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?
49% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The word is INCORRECTLY. (Duhhh….)
June 2010
What can run but never walks…
has a mouth but never talks…
has a head but never weeps…
and has a bed but never sleeps?
47% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
A river!
May 2010
Assume that penguins live with a density of 1,000 penguins per square mile and can run at an average speed of 7 miles per hour on land and swim at a speed of 20 miles per hour. Also assume that a polar bear has a territory of 10 square miles, can run at 25 miles per hour and swim at 10 miles per hour.
If a polar bear can only eat a maximum of one penguin per hour and only 7% of the land is next to the sea, how many penguins will an average polar bear eat in any given month?
92% of those who try cannot answer this question accurately. CAN YOU?
Answer:
ZERO PENGUINS. Polar bears live at the North Pole and penguins live at the South Pole!
April 2010
A poor man is sitting in a bar with no money. He sees the man next to him pull out a wad of $50 bills from his wallet.
The poor man turns to the rich man and says to him, “I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed.”
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, “I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady’s name of your choice in it.”
The rich man laughs again and says, “OK, how about my daughter’s name? It’s Hildegarde Wilhelmina Brzezinski!”
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.
What song did he sing?
67% of those who try cannot guess the song. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The song is Happy Birthday. It can be sung with anyone’s name.
March 2010
“What number should go in the empty triangle below? “
56% of all who attempt to solve this puzzle cannot do so. CAN YOU?
ddd
ddd
Answer:
The number is 3.
Solution: The top number minus the bottom left-hand number is multiplied by the bottom right-hand number to give the number inside the triangle. (6-5 =1; 1 x 3 = 3)
February 2010
“During a recent gymnastics competition, four girls competed in three events: the vault, the beam and the floor. Alice came third on the floor. The girl who came second in the vault, won the beam event. The girl who came second on the beam won the floor. Betty beat Cheryl in every event. The girl who won the vault came second on the floor. Diane came last in the vault. Can you determine who finished in what place (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) in each event? “
63% of all who attempt to solve this puzzle cannot do so. CAN YOU?
Answer:
- Vault: Betty (1st), Alice (2nd), Cheryl (3rd), Diane (4th)
- Beam: Alice (1st), Diane (2nd), Betty (3rd), Cheryl (4th)
- Floor: Diane (1st), Betty (2nd), Alice (3rd), Cheryl (4th)
January 2010
“A millionaire was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
- The Wife said she was sleeping.
- The Cook was cooking breakfast.
- The Gardener was picking vegetables.
- The Maid was getting the morning mail.
- The Butler was cleaning the closet.
The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did the police know? “
47% of all who attempt to solve this puzzle cannot figure out who the murder is. CAN YOU?
Answer:
THE MAID was the murderer. She said she was getting the mail; however, there is no mail delivery on Sunday!
December 2009
“You’re driving a bus that is leaving on a trip from Pennsylvania and ending in New York. To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people get off and 2 people get on. At the next bus stop, 12 people get on and 16 people get off. At the next bus stop, 5 people get on and 3 people get off. What color are the bus driver’s eyes? “
73% of all who attempt to solve this puzzle cannot determine the bus driver’s eyes. CAN YOU?
Answer:
YOU are the person driving the bus. Thus, the color is the color of YOUR OWN EYES!!
November 2009
“There is a common English word beginning with the letter “S” that is eight letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word — from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?”
96% of all who attempt to solve this puzzle cannot figure out the word. CAN YOU?
Answer:
The word is “SNOWING”.
(SNOWING…SOWING….. SWING….. SING….. SIN….. IN….. I)
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