Brain Teasers September 2018
Mon, 09/03/2018 - 3:45pm
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Feel free to post and or respond to your favorite Brain Teasers here.
If you post a Brain Teaser, please post the answer the following day.
This thread will be closed at the end of the month and a new one opened.
~Angela
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What Am I?
I have forests but no trees.
I have lakes but no water.
I have roads but no cars.
What Am I?
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
A map?
A map?
Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267
agee that "map" is the likely answer
However, I also have several photos and pictures that resemble the description.
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
Definitely
A map
What was Ben buying?
Ben walked into a hardware store to purchase some items and asked about pricing. The salesman told him that he could get Four for $1.00, Sixteen for $2.00, Two hundred fifty six for $3.00 and One thousand twenty four for $4.00. What was Ben buying?
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
Megabytes?
Megabytes?
Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267
Today's brain teaser:
Today's brain teaser:
What word is spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Answer to Yesterday Brain Teaset
Answer is incorrectly
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
"incorrectly"
Today's brain teaser:
What word is spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?
Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
a map
a map
DougJ - Ottawa, ON, CA
"Incorrectly"!!!
"Incorrectly"!!!
Yup
I have forests but no trees.
I have lakes but no water.
I have roads but no cars.
What Am I?
As a few guessed, the answer is a map, kind of fitting for this forum huh.
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. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
Today's brain teaser:
Today's brain teaser:
What English word has three double letters in a row?
Answer Tomorrow
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Riddle:
Riddle:
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer Tomorrow
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Answer to "what was ben buying?"
Ben walked into a hardware store to purchase some items and asked about pricing. The salesman told him that he could get Four for $1.00, Sixteen for $2.00, Two hundred fifty six for $3.00 and One thousand twenty four for $4.00. What was Ben buying?
Ben was buying home address numbers and they cost $1 per digit.
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
Actually there are two words
Today's brain teaser:
What English word has three double letters in a row?
Answer Tomorrow
Phil
"No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won't make it worse."
Hummmm
Riddle:
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Answer Tomorrow
Now I am STARTING to think about this one!
Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"
Another one..
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What's your answer?
Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"
Someone just told me this one...
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"
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Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
What am I?
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
Three double letters
Today's brain teaser:
What English word has three double letters in a row?
Answer Tomorrow
Bookkeeper
Garmin 205, 260W, 1450LMT, 2460LMT, HEREwego for iPhone ... all still mapping strong.
A Second Option
Today's brain teaser:
What English word has three double letters in a row?
Answer Tomorrow
Bookkeeper
and/or Bookkeeping
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
I know, I know
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What's your answer?
My 1st one (I hope)
A penny.
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Om a roll
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, tomorrow.
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Thinking
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
Thinking, nothing yet.
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Maybe
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
Thinking, nothing yet.
A ball
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Nope
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
Thinking, nothing yet.
A ball
Nope
Nuvi 2460LMT
I CHEATED SORRY
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
Thinking, nothing yet.
A ball
Nope
I couldn't stand it so I cheated. Sorry
ANCHOR
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
naughty
When you need me,
You throw me away.
But when you are done with me,
You bring me back.
What am I?
Thinking, nothing yet.
A ball
Nope
I couldn't stand it so I cheated. Sorry
ANCHOR
Yes, An anchor
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
What am I?
This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
What am I?
This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
Yestersdays Answer
Answer:
The word is starting!
starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Today's brain teaser:
Today's brain teaser:
A is the sister of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. How is D related to A?
Answer Tomorrow
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
Yep..
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What's your answer?
My 1st one (I hope)
A penny.
You are correct on both of mine!
Bobkz - Garmin Nuvi 3597LMTHD/2455LMT/C530/C580- "Pain Is Fear Leaving The Body - Semper Fidelis"
Penny
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What's your answer?
Penny
Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267
Aunt
Today's brain teaser:
A is the sister of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. How is D related to A?
Answer Tomorrow
A is D's Aunt.
Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267
Family
Today's brain teaser:
A is the sister of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. How is D related to A?
Answer Tomorrow
C and B and A are brothers and sisters
so
so C's sister A is the Aunt of C's child D
For a usedtobe blond I can get some of these (had to have a pencil and piece of paper to figure this one out)
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
One more
Make it a 9 letter riddle and start with "startling"
Time
This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
The Answer is TIME.
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. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
Yesterdays Answer
Both guesses were correct it was starting and Aunt
May be slow next week we will be doing a little traveling.
johnm405 660 & MSS&T
No one guessed my last one, Time was the answer.
Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _.
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
answer
o,o,o
garry
nope
o,o,o
Not for my query.
. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .
Obvious once you know it.
The answer is obvious once you see it, but I cheated and looked it up, so I am not going to give it.
Alan - Android Auto, DriveLuxe 51LMT-S, DriveLuxe 50LMTHD, Nuvi 3597LMTHD, Oregon 550T, Nuvi 855, Nuvi 755T, Lowrance Endura Sierra, Bosch Nyon
Yeah .......
The answer is obvious once you see it, but I cheated and looked it up, so I am not going to give it.
But I still would never of guessed it ………...
If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem quickly resembles a nail. (Maslow's Hammer)
Not cheating this time
e,e,o
I cheated once and it runed it for me. Not cheating again so I can make my old brain try to work.
Mary
Mary, Nuvi 2450, Garmin Viago, Honda Navigation, Nuvi 750 (gave to son)
Not cheating, but not correct either
e,e,o
I cheated once and it runed it for me. Not cheating again so I can make my old brain try to work.
Mary
If you're saying your answer is e,e,o, that would be incorrect. I do believe it's e,n,t.
Phil
"No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won't make it worse."
Agree
I do believe it's e,n,t.
Phil
I also believe it is e,n,t.
Garmin nüvi 3597LMTHD, 3760 LMT, & 255LMT, - "Those who wish for fairness without first protecting freedom will end up with neither freedom nor fairness." - Milton Friedman
Bingo x2
Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _.
The answer is E, N, T
these letters are the first letter in the numbers 1 thru 10.
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. 2 Garmin DriveSmart 61 LMT-S, Nuvi 2689, 2 Nuvi 2460, Zumo 450, Uniden R3 radar detector with GPS built in, includes RLC info. Uconnect 430N Garmin based, built into my Jeep. .