Brainteaser - Monday's Answer

Yesterday's brainteaser was in the form of a riddle. Personally, I found it difficult! How did you get on? The answer was as follows:

The words in capital letters were anagrams of the four directions WEST, EAST, SOUTH and NORTH.

Well, there you are, looks simple now doesn't it!

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser takes the form of a riddle. Can you come up with the answer?

Read the sentence below and determine what the four uppercase words have in common.

As you put down your bowl of STEW and take your SEAT, you let out a SHOUT and leap back up; you sat on a THORN!

Quite tricky. Good luck! Answer in tomorrows Journal.

Brainteaser - Saturday's Answer

Yesterday we set ten 'Trivia' questions for you to answer. Check the answers below to see how you got on.

01 Plaster of Paris
02 He was an Italian mathematician and astronomer
03 33 r.p.m.
04 Cuba
05 In 1966
06 France.
07 The Printing Press
08 Austrian
09 Watership Down
10 Sahara

9/10 Excellent 7/8 Very Good 5/6 Good - Below 5 You should have payed more attention at school!

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser is a mixed bag of 'Trivia' questions. As usual there are ten for you to answer. Good luck!

01 What material is used to make the plaster cast in which broken bones are set?
02 Who was Galileo Galilei?
03 At what speed are long playing records usually played?
04 With which country do you associate Fidel Castro?
05 When did England last win the World Cup for football?
06 With which other country did Britain build Concorde?
07 What did John Gutenburg invent in about 1455?
08 What nationality was Mozart?
09 What is the title of the novel about rabbits by Richard Adams?
10 Which is the longest desert in the world?

Answers will appear in tomorrow's Journal.

Brainteaser - Friday's Answer

Below you will find the answer to yesterday's Brainteaser. The Rock & Roll stars featured were as follows:

01 Cliff Richard
02 Buddy Holly
03 Little Richard
04 Elvis Presley
05 Bill Haley
06 Adam Faith

Congratulations if you managed to answer all six correctly!

Brainteaser

Today's Brainteaser is a musical question. Can you name the six 'Giants of Rock & Roll' who's pictures are shown below.

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2

3

4

5

6

Good luck with this brainteaser! Answers will appear in the Journal tomorrow.

Brainteaser - Thursday's Answers

Here are the answers to yesterday's 'Colour Conscious' brainteaser. Check to see how many you answered correctly!

01 Bright yellow.
02 In Calcutta.
03 Marlene Dietrich.
04 An R.A.F. display team.
05 A literary and studious woman.
06 Red Rum.
07 A British military force.
08 An excessively sentimental piece of writing.
09 In a theatre.
10 Francisco Franco.

9/10 Excellent 7/8 Very Good 5/6 Good - Below 5: See an optician, I think you may be colour blind!

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser is called "Colour Conscious". Below each question are four possible answers all you have to do is select the right one.

01 What is the colour for danger in scientific laboratories? Is it:

Red
Dark Brown
Bright Yellow
White

02 Where was the notorious "Black Hole", which caused outrage among the British public in 1756? Was it:

In Newgate Prison
In Calcutta
In Cawnpore
In Boston

03 Which famous German actress starred in the 'The Blue Angel' and sang 'Falling in Love Again'? Was it:

Candice Bergen
Elisabeth Bergner
Marlene Dietrich
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

04 What are the 'Red Arrows'? Are they:

A punk rock group
The instrument used by a tattooist
An urban guerrilla group
An R.A.F. display team

05 What is a 'blue-stocking'? Is it:

A literary and studious woman
An article of policewomen's lingerie
An Oxford University rowing sock
A sailors shroud

06 What is the name of the race-horse which won the English Grand National in 1973 and 1974 and again in 1977? Is it:

Blue Boy
Green Giant
Red Rum
Pink Panther

07 What were the 'Black and Tans'? Were they:

A multi-racial religious sect
A British military force
A Red Indian tribe
Indian missionaries

08 What is a 'Purple Passage'? Is it:

A rough sea crossing
A narrow street in Rome
An excessively sentimental piece of writing
An apoplectic fit

09 Where would you find a 'green room'? Is it:

At a race-course
In a casino
In a theatre
At a botanical garden

10 The blue-shirts were supporters of which Fascist leader of the 1930s? Was it:

Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Sir Oswald Mosley

Good luck! Answers in tomorrow's journal.

Brainteaser - Friday's Answers

Yesterday we set you a ten question general knowledge quiz on 'Trivia' check how well you did against the answers given below:

01 The gorilla.
02 A doctor.
03 The Cenotaph.
04 Bolivia.
05 He stuffs dead animals.
06 By counting the number of rings in a cross-section.
07 American Indians.
08 A French cheese.
09 Towards Mecca.
10 Saturday.

9/10 Excellent 7/8 Very Good 5/6 Good - Below 5: Never mind. I'll make the questions easier next time!

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser takes the form of a general knowledge 'Trivia' quiz. Put your thinking caps on and see how many of the ten questions you can answer:

01 Which is the largest member of the ape family?
02 Who uses a stethoscope?
03 What monument stands in Whitehall in London?
04 In which South American country do many of the women wear bowler hats?
05 What does a taxidermist do?
06 How can you tell the age of a tree?
07 Who were the first to play lacrosse?
08 What is Brie?
09 What is normally kept on a lectern in a church?
10 What day of the week is the Jewish Sabbath?

The best of luck. As usual answers in tomorrow's Journal.

Brainteaser - Thursday's Answer

Here is the answer to Thursday's brainteaser. I am sure you all answered it correctly!

Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.

If you did answer it correctly. Well Done.

Brainteaser

For today's brainteaser we continue with our series of riddles. See how you get on with this one.

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it and grey when you throw it away?

Good luck! Answer in tomorrows journal.

Brainteaser - Tuesday's Answer

Below is the answer to Tuesday's brainteaser. Did you manage to solve the riddle?

The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).

Well done if you came up with the correct answer!

Brainteaser

Another riddle for today's brainteaser. Think about this carefully and see if you can come up with the right answer.

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Good luck! Answer in tomorrow's Journal.

Brainteaser - Sunday's Answer

The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser takes the form of a riddle. See if you can work out the correct answer. Good luck!

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires. The second is full of assassins with loaded guns. The third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

Answer will appear in tomorrow's Journal.

Brainteaser - Saturday's Answer

Saturday's brainteaser

answer was:

They were all characters from

William Shakespeare's

"The Winter's Tale"

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(Picture: Autolycus 1836 by Charles Robert Leslie)

Brainteaser

For today's brainteaser just answer the following question: What do the following characters have in common?

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Hermione

Perdita

Leontes

Paulina

Autolycus

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Check your answer in tomorrow's Journal. Good luck!

Brainteaser - Tuesday's Answer

Here are the answers to Tuesday's brainteaser. The task was to answer 10 'trivia' questions.

01 The bunsen burner.
02 One.
03 84.
04 In a desert.
05 In Australia.
06 In Edinburgh.
07 1984.
08 Spaghetti does not grow, it is manufactured.
09 Mercury.
10 Mecca.

9/10 Excellent 7/8 Very Good 5/6 Good - Below 5 Perhaps you were feeling tired!

Brainteaser

Today's brainteaser is another set of 10 'Trivia questions. Can you answer all 10 correctly?

01 What did Robert von Bunsen invent in 1855?
02 How many people play the game solitaire?
03 What is the next number in the sequence 36, 48, 60. 72 ....?
04 Where would you expect to see a mirage?
05 Where did the boomerang originate?
06 Where is Arthur's seat?
07 What is the title of George Orwell's novel about life in the future?
08 On what tree does spaghetti grow?
09 Which metal is a liquid in normal condition?
10 Which is the Holy city in Saudi Arabia to which Moslems make their pilgrimages?

You can check your answers in tomorrow's Journal.