ERJ Brainteaser: January 2021
3 Jan 2021
As we say, readers supplying the most accurate (and stylish) answers are considered for the top title each month. Taking the style-factor into account, there can only be one winner: congratulations to Jose Padron of Waterville TG, our new Brainiac of the Month.
If the US divided by China, and Australia plus New Zealand both equal 10, name a country that if subtracted from the European Union gives the same result?
Clues given during the week: Stripes, Stars.
Answer: This one left readers, quite literally, seeing stars. The question is, of course, about the number of them in the national flags: US (50) / China (5); Australia (6) + New Zealand (4); and EU (12) – Any country with countries with 2 stars on their flag; all equal 10. Suggestions sent in included: Curacao, Nepal, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Syria. Special mention to John Bowen who replied on Monday, before any clues were issued and Jose Padron for his excellent flags illustration (below).
So, it is well done, in order of reply to: John Bowen, rubber industry consultant, Bromsgrove, Worcs, UK; Stephan Paischer, head of product management special products, Semperit AG Holding, Vienna, Austria; Michele Girardi, Scame Mastaf Spa, Suisio, Italy; Daniel Willrich, redakteur, büro Köln, AutoRäderReifen-Gummibereifung, Köln, Germany; David Mann, key account manager, SPC Rubber Compounding, UK; Andrew Knox, Rubbond International, Ohé en Laak, The Netherlands; France Veillette: chef environnement, Usine de Joliette, Bridgestone Canada Inc., Canada; Jose Padron, material development specialist, Waterville TG Inc. Waterville, Québec, Canada; Mehmet Koral, C&C Endüstriyel Dan??manl?k, E?itim ve Mümessillik Ltd, Göztepe, Istanbul, Turkey.
New teaser on Monday
What links the following 11 countries?
Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt
Answer: Why did the pharaoh not admit to being afraid of water? He was in the Nile – the river which flows through or by each of the 11 countries listed above. So, it’s congratulations – and apologies for the ancient joke – to: Michael Easton, director, Globus Group, Trafford Park, Manchester, UK; Kedar D. Murthy, chief commercial officer, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA; Stephan Paischer, head of product management special products, Semperit AG Holding, Vienna, Austria; Michele Girardi, Scame Mastaf Spa, Suisio, Italy; John Bowen, rubber industry consultant, Bromsgrove, Worcs, UK; Daniel Willrich, redakteur, büro Köln, AutoRäderReifen-Gummibereifung, Köln, Germany; Andrew Knox, Rubbond International, Ohé en Laak, The Netherlands. David Mann, key account manager, SPC Rubber Compounding, UK; and Jose Padron, material development specialist, Waterville TG Inc. Waterville, Québec, Canada (who supplied this helpful illustrated reply):
New teaser on Monday
Which element completes this sequence:
Iron Bromine Uranium Argon _ .
Answer: Yttrium completes the sequence to give FeBrUArY, as illustrated (below) so nicely by Jose Padron. Well done, in order of reply, to: Alan Flower, industrial media relations, IndMR srl, Namur, Belgium; David Mann, key account manager, SPC Rubber Compounding, UK; Dr. Katharina Gottfried, technical manager, Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH, Köln, Germany; Daniel Willrich, redakteur, büro Köln, AutoRäderReifen-Gummibereifung, Köln, Germany; Andrew Knox, Rubbond International, Ohé en Laak, The Netherlands; Stephan Paischer, head of product management special products, Semperit AG Holding, Vienna, Austria; Jose Padron, material development specialist, Waterville TG Inc. Waterville, Québec, Canada; Michele Girardi, Scame Mastaf Spa, Suisio, Italy; Michael Easton, director, Globus Group, Trafford Park, Manchester, UK; John Bowen, rubber industry consultant, Bromsgrove, Worcs, UK; Liz O’Donovan, sales and admin assistant, Aatyremaster, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
New teaser on Monday
Fill in the gap in this sequence?
Rome, ___, Paris, Yokohama, Berlin, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow...
Answer: The sequences is comprised of the host cities of FIFA Football World Cup finals from 1990 to 2018: the missing location being Pasadena, Los Angeles 1994 Fifa World Cup. On the ball from the kick-off this year were: John Bowen, consultant, Bromsgrove, UK; David Mann, key account manager, SPC Rubber Compounding, UK; Otto Trujillo, (details not supplied); Andrew Knox, Rubbond International, Ohé en Laak, The Netherlands; Stephan Paischer, head of product management special products, Semperit AG Holding, Vienna; Austria. Daniel Willrich, redakteur, AutoRäderReifen-Gummibereifung, Hanover, Germany.
Well done to all, and everyone else who had a go.
