Mental Flexibility Quiz

The answers to our recent Brain Teaser

Each question contains the initial letters of the words which complete a well known phrase or saying.

For example "16 O in a P" is 16 ounces in a pound; "7 D in the W" is 7 days in the week

1. 1 W on a U 1 Wheel on a Unicycle

2. 3 B M (S H T R) 3 Blind Mice (See How They Run)

3. 3 C in T L (R/A/G) 3 Colours in Traffic Lights (Red/Amber/Green)

4. 4 Q in a G 4 Quarts in a Gallon

5. 6 S on a D 6 Sides on a Dice

6. 7 W of the W 7 Wonders of the World

7. 7 D S 7 DEADLY Sins

8. 7 S on a F P P 7 Sides on a Fifty Pence Piece

9. 11 P in a F T 11 Players in a Football Team

10. 12 S of the Z 12 Signs of the Zodiac

11. 13 S on the A F 13 Stripes on the American Flag

12. 18 H on a G C 18 Holes on a Golf Course

13. 24 H in a D 24 Hours in a Day

14. 26 L of the A 26 Letters of the Alphabet

15. 29 D in F in a L Y 29 Days in February in a Leap Year

16. 32 D F at which W F 32 Degrees Fahrenheit at which Water Freezes

17. 40 D and N of the G F 40 Days and Nights of the Great Flood

18. 54 C in a D (I J) 54 Cards in a Deck (Including Jokers)

19. 57 H V 57 Heinz Varieties

20. 64 S on a C B 64 Squares on a Chess Board

21. 88 K on a P 88 Keys on a Piano

22. 101 D 101 Dalmations

23. 221B B S (the H of SH) 221B Baker Street (the Home of Sherlock Holmes)

24. 1001 A N 1001 Arabian Nights

25. 2001 - A S O 2001 - A Space Odyssey

- submitted by Mavis Smith