Brain Teaser

[Marty_d]

14 hours ago, red750 said:

Move the spaces so they become dates - 2017 2018 2019  2020 2021 20?? 

So the two numbers are 22.

 

What two letters replace the question marks?

 

TE times T equals MESSAGE
TO times IN equals POISON
E times ?? equals LEAVE

IT

[red750]

Correct. Replace  "times" with X.

TE times T becomes TEXT, equals MESSAGE
TO times IN becomes TOXIN,  POISON
E times ?? becomes EXIT, equals LEAVE

 

 

 

 Edna’s birthday is on the 6th of April and Jen’s birthday falls on the 15th of October, therefore Amir’s birthday must be the ‘?’ of January.

[red750]

Amir’s birthday is the 24th of January. The date is the number of words at that point in the sentence, the twenty fourth word.

 

 

 

In a road with exactly 26 houses, if Em lives at number 13 and Bea lives at number 2, logically what number house does Elle live at?

[Marty_d]

12.

[red750]

Correct.

 

M (Em) is the 13th letter in the alphabet, B (Bea) is the second letter, so L (Elle) is the twelfth letter.

 

 

[Marty_d]

I get "coincidence" for 11.

There's probably a German word of 50 in there.

[red750]

The correct answer has 14 letters.