BrainBashers: June 2012 Common Answers

[Kevin Stone]

Hi,

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Please enter via the site, however I will accept answers via email.

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 the number of times that you can count to 10 in ten seconds.
Name a type of animal that has appeared in a cartoon.
Name a 2-letter word beginning with the letter I.
Name a type of hat.
Name a carpet colour.
Name the number of lead actors/actresses in a movie.
Name a country in Asia.
Name the day of the week that you eat the most.
Name a female usually known by a single name.
Name a male usually known by a single name.

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Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common

[Kevin Stone]

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

rec.puzzles result:

7 Marc Dashevsky 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1
8 Gary Moncur 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2
27 Kevin Stone 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
58 Peter Chapman 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3
82 Michael Shreeve 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 2
103 Steve Fry 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 4
234 Stephen Perry 1 4 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 10
263 Marc Rintsch 4 1 1 5 2 1 1 3 1 1
308 Carl Ginnow 3 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 4
413 Chris Cole 4 3 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 6
423 Peter Ward 6 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1
466 Peter Scandrett 1 2 3 1 9 1 2 1 1 1
473 Jimmie Hagblad 5 1 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 1
894 Liisa Sarakontu 2 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 UR UR
1028 Rob Pyle 4 4 1 1 4 1 UR 3 3 UR

Well done to Marc.

Q1. Name the number of times that you can count to 10 in ten seconds.
1 5 409 35.1%
2 10 174 14.9%
3 3 138 11.8%
4 2 100 8.6%
5 4 95 8.1%
6 6 57 4.9%
7 1 47 4.0%
8 7 46 3.9%
9 8 39 3.3%
10 9 13 1.1%
+ 16 other unranked answers.

Q2. Name a type of animal that has appeared in a cartoon.
1 MOUSE 309 26.5%
2 CAT 259 22.2%
3 DOG 247 21.2%
4 RABBIT 170 14.6%
5 BUNNY 72 6.2%
6 BEAR 29 2.5%
7 DUCK 20 1.7%
8 LION 10 0.9%
+ 23 other unranked answers.

Q3. Name a 2-letter word beginning with the letter I.
1 IT 659 56.5%
2 IN 267 22.9%
3 IS 202 17.3%
4 IF 25 2.1%
+ 4 other unranked answers.

Q4. Name a type of hat.
1 BASEBALL CAP 312 26.8%
2 TOP HAT 209 17.9%
3 COWBOY HAT 165 14.2%
4 CAP 138 11.8%
5 FEDORA 109 9.3%
6 BOWLER HAT 53 4.5%
7 SOMBRERO 31 2.7%
8 BERET 28 2.4%
9 STRAW HAT 12 1.0%
10 STETSON 12 1.0%
11 DERBY 11 0.9%
+ 42 other unranked answers.

Q5. Name a carpet colour.
1 BEIGE 259 22.2%
2 BROWN 235 20.2%
3 RED 219 18.8%
4 WHITE 154 13.2%
5 TAN 96 8.2%
6 BLUE 84 7.2%
7 GREY 49 4.2%
8 GREEN 23 2.0%
9 CREAM 23 2.0%
+ 10 other unranked answers.

Q6. Name the number of lead actors/actresses in a movie.
1 2 818 70.2%
2 3 134 11.5%
3 1 120 10.3%
4 4 58 5.0%
5 5 17 1.5%
+ 11 other unranked answers.

Q7. Name a country in Asia.
1 CHINA 918 78.7%
2 INDIA 85 7.3%
3 JAPAN 74 6.3%
4 RUSSIA 17 1.5%
+ 41 other unranked answers.

Q8. Name the day of the week that you eat the most.
1 SUNDAY 595 51.0%
2 SATURDAY 432 37.0%
3 FRIDAY 120 10.3%
+ 4 other unranked answers.

Q9. Name a female usually known by a single name.
1 MADONNA 561 48.1%
2 CHER 246 21.1%
3 BEYONCE 73 6.3%
4 MOM 27 2.3%
5 RIHANNA 25 2.1%
6 ADELE 22 1.9%
7 OPRAH 21 1.8%
8 MARY 10 0.9%
+ 106 other unranked answers.

Q10. Name a male usually known by a single name.
1 PRINCE 208 17.8%
2 ELVIS 141 12.1%
3 BONO 130 11.1%
4 STING 64 5.5%
5 USHER 57 4.9%
6 JESUS 53 4.5%
7 OBAMA 39 3.3%
8 EMINEM 36 3.1%
9 DAD 33 2.8%
10 FABIO 27 2.3%
11 JOHN 22 1.9%
12 LIBERACE 14 1.2%
13 ADAM 12 1.0%
14 DRAKE 11 0.9%
15 SEAL 10 0.9%
+ 177 other unranked answers.

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Kev
www.brainbashers.com/common