BrainBashers: February 2012 Common Answers

Kevin Stone

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Feb 1, 2012, 12:31:51 PM2/1/12

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Hi,

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ONLY.

If you create a UserID, and add a league called rec.puzzles, we'll be able
to easily see how rec.puzzles regulars compare each month (see
http://www.brainbashers.com/commonrules for league info).

Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:

http://www.brainbashers.com/common

[Here are the questions]

Name an animal that hops.
Name the number of bananas in a bunch.
Name a 3-letter word that begins with the letter E.
Name a colour *not* found in a rainbow.
Name the number of times a week a typical adult eats fast food.
Name someone whose voice appeared in the movie Shrek.
Name a country that begins with the letter B.
Name a way of making a piece of paper smaller.
Name a vertical direction in which you can point.
Name a single-digit number that is still a number when turned upside down.

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Kev
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Kevin Stone

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Mar 2, 2012, 4:38:42 AM3/2/12

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> Common Answers: guess the most popular answers to 10 easy questions:

rec.puzzles result:

72 Carl Ginnow 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
173 Steve Fry 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
218 Kevin Stone 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1
311 Peter Scandrett 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
350 Michael Shreeve 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 3
416 Gary Moncur 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 3
462 Alan O'Donnell 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 3
548 Peter Ward 1 1 3 4 3 2 2 2 1 1
573 Jimmie Hagblad 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 1 2
635 Marc Dashevsky 3 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
721 Peter Chapman 2 2 5 3 4 2 2 1 1 2
993 Liisa Sarakontu 1 5 4 1 4 2 2 2 4 1
1031 Chris Cole 2 5 4 3 3 1 2 3 1 1
1145 Stephen Perry 1 3 5 UR 4 1 2 1 1 5

Well done Carl.

Q1. Name an animal that hops.
1 RABBIT 937 69.9%
2 KANGAROO 338 25.2%
3 FROG 56 4.2%
+ 8 other unranked answers.

Q2. Name the number of bananas in a bunch.
1 5 524 39.1%
2 6 353 26.3%
3 8 123 9.2%
4 7 105 7.8%
5 10 87 6.5%
6 12 36 2.7%
7 4 34 2.5%
8 3 21 1.6%
9 20 12 0.9%
+ 16 other unranked answers.

Q3. Name a 3-letter word that begins with the letter E.
1 EAT 390 29.1%
2 EGG 287 21.4%
3 EYE 210 15.7%
4 EAR 171 12.8%
5 END 144 10.7%
6 EVE 35 2.6%
7 EEL 35 2.6%
8 ELF 25 1.9%
9 EWE 12 0.9%
+ 12 other unranked answers.

Q4. Name a colour *not* found in a rainbow.
1 BLACK 803 59.9%
2 PINK 162 12.1%
3 BROWN 154 11.5%
4 WHITE 89 6.6%
5 PURPLE 28 2.1%
6 GREY 21 1.6%
7 GOLD 10 0.7%
+ 25 other unranked answers.

Q5. Name the number of times a week a typical adult eats fast food.
1 3 441 32.9%
2 2 379 28.3%
3 5 171 12.8%
4 1 149 11.1%
5 4 121 9.0%
6 7 25 1.9%
7 21 15 1.1%
8 6 13 1.0%
+ 14 other unranked answers.

Q6. Name someone whose voice appeared in the movie Shrek.
1 MIKE MYERS 595 44.4%
2 EDDIE MURPHY 574 42.8%
3 CAMERON DIAZ 93 6.9%
4 ANTONIO BANDERAS 22 1.6%
+ 37 other unranked answers.

Q7. Name a country that begins with the letter B.
1 BRAZIL 591 44.1%
2 BELGIUM 344 25.7%
3 BOLIVIA 121 9.0%
4 BRITAIN 78 5.8%
5 BULGARIA 60 4.5%
6 BOSNIA 36 2.7%
7 BANGLADESH 22 1.6%
8 BAHAMAS 16 1.2%
+ 29 other unranked answers.

Q8. Name a way of making a piece of paper smaller.
1 FOLD 770 57.4%
2 CUT 428 31.9%
3 TEAR 76 5.7%
4 RIP 26 1.9%
5 SCISSORS 12 0.9%
+ 9 other unranked answers.

Q9. Name a vertical direction in which you can point.
1 UP 1021 76.1%
2 NORTH 167 12.5%
3 DOWN 30 2.2%
4 LEFT 24 1.8%
5 RIGHT 23 1.7%
6 EAST 20 1.5%
7 FORWARD 12 0.9%
+ 21 other unranked answers.

Q10. Name a single-digit number that is still a number when turned upside
down.
1 6 527 39.3%
2 8 366 27.3%
3 1 253 18.9%
4 9 113 8.4%
5 0 54 4.0%
6 3 23 1.7%
+ 2 other unranked answers.

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Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common

Ted Schuerzinger

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Mar 2, 2012, 7:41:40 AM3/2/12

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On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 09:38:42 -0000, Kevin Stone wrote:

> Q2. Name the number of bananas in a bunch.
> 1 5 524 39.1%
> 2 6 353 26.3%
> 3 8 123 9.2%
> 4 7 105 7.8%
> 5 10 87 6.5%
> 6 12 36 2.7%
> 7 4 34 2.5%
> 8 3 21 1.6%
> 9 20 12 0.9%
> + 16 other unranked answers.

Or every number between 0 and 24. Or rather higher numbers. Boy do I
love these number questions. :-)

> Q5. Name the number of times a week a typical adult eats fast food.
> 1 3 441 32.9%
> 2 2 379 28.3%
> 3 5 171 12.8%
> 4 1 149 11.1%
> 5 4 121 9.0%
> 6 7 25 1.9%
> 7 21 15 1.1%
> 8 6 13 1.0%
> + 14 other unranked answers.

Huzzah! Every answer between 0 and 21!

> Q7. Name a country that begins with the letter B.
> 1 BRAZIL 591 44.1%
> 2 BELGIUM 344 25.7%
> 3 BOLIVIA 121 9.0%
> 4 BRITAIN 78 5.8%
> 5 BULGARIA 60 4.5%
> 6 BOSNIA 36 2.7%
> 7 BANGLADESH 22 1.6%
> 8 BAHAMAS 16 1.2%
> + 29 other unranked answers.

37 countries beginning with B. I would have thought BAFRICA would be
the #1 choice.

> Q8. Name a way of making a piece of paper smaller.
> 1 FOLD 770 57.4%
> 2 CUT 428 31.9%
> 3 TEAR 76 5.7%
> 4 RIP 26 1.9%
> 5 SCISSORS 12 0.9%
> + 9 other unranked answers.

With some debate on whether folding a sheet of paper actually makes it
smaller.

> Q9. Name a vertical direction in which you can point.
> 1 UP 1021 76.1%
> 2 NORTH 167 12.5%
> 3 DOWN 30 2.2%
> 4 LEFT 24 1.8%
> 5 RIGHT 23 1.7%
> 6 EAST 20 1.5%
> 7 FORWARD 12 0.9%
> + 21 other unranked answers.

We must move forwards, not backwards; upwards, not forwards; and always
twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!

--
Ted S.
fedya at hughes dot net
Now blogging at http://justacineast.blogspot.com

Andrew B.

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Mar 4, 2012, 7:18:46 AM3/4/12

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On Mar 2, 12:41 pm, Ted Schuerzinger <fe...@hughes.spam> wrote:

> > Q8. Name a way of making a piece of paper smaller.
> > 1 FOLD 770 57.4%
> > 2 CUT 428 31.9%
> > 3 TEAR 76 5.7%
> > 4 RIP 26 1.9%
> > 5 SCISSORS 12 0.9%
> > + 9 other unranked answers.
>
> With some debate on whether folding a sheet of paper actually makes it
> smaller.

Do you think it's indisputable that cutting a piece of paper actually
makes it smaller?

Peter Ward

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Mar 4, 2012, 4:07:26 PM3/4/12

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Andrew B. says...

It's indisputably a way of making it smaller.

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