Solution: NFL Football Names Quiz

I posted this brainteaser with all of the teams in the NFL on Super Bowl Sunday. It appears that some of you incorporated this quiz into your Super Bowl festivities.
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Well, here is the long awaited solution to the brainteaser:

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There are 31 clues listed to the nicknames of 31 of the 32 NFL teams. You can only use each team once for each one of the clues. If you can guess all the teams, then you will be able to figure out the last team on the list.

Here is the solution:

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1. Army Insects - (Giants)
   
2. 7 Squared - (Forty-niners)
   
3. Streakers are this - (Bears)
   
4. A 747 - (Jets)
   
5. Hostile Attackers - (Raiders)
   
6. Various Iron Workers - (Steelers)
   
7. Suntanned Bodies - (Browns)
   
8. I.O.U.'s - (Bills)
   
9. Toy Baby with Fish Parts - (Dolphins)
   
10. Jungle Cats - (Jaguars)
    
11. Trained to Kill - (FALCONS)
    
12. Help to Relocate - (Packers)
    
13. Six Rulers - (Vikings)
    
14. Opposite of Ewe - (Rams)
    
15. Nevermore Bird - (Ravens)
    
16. Class of Boy Scout - (Eagles)
    
17. Basic Fundamental Rule - (Cardinals)
    
18. Credit Card User - (Chargers)
    
19. South-westerners - (Texans)
    
20. Indian Leaders - (Chiefs)
    
21. King of the Beasts - (Lions)
    
22. Used to be a Girl - (Bengals) - plezWorld pick for most creative clue!
    
23. A Dollar for Corn - (Bucaneers)
    
24. Sweat for a Female - (Panthers)
    
25. Ocean Going Bird - (Seahawks)
    
26. Term for Indians - (Redskins)
    
27. Louis Armstrong Song - (Saints)
    
28. Six Shooters - (Colts)
    
29. Rodeo Horses - (Broncos)
    
30. American Gaucho - (Cowboys)
    
31. God Fathers - (Patriots)
    
32. TITANS

How'd you do?!?

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Brainteaser: NFL Football Names Quiz

Super Bowl XLIII is played later this evening with the first time NFC winner Arizona Cardinals going against the AFC Pittsburgh Steelers who are looking at a sixth Lombarbi Trophy.

I've been consumed with national politics for the past twelve months and have followed little more than the Atlanta Falcons surprising resurgence this past season. I was shocked when the Cardinals beat the Falcons in the Wild Card game and even more shocked that they even made it to the big dance (for the first time in their long history). And it seems like the Steelers are in the Super Bowl ever four or five years!

So instead of attempting to pick a winner, plezWorld offers up the following NFL Football Names Brainteaser.

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There are clues listed to the nicknames of 31 of the 32 NFL teams. You can only use each team once for each one of the clues. If you can guess all the teams, then you will be able to figure out the last team on the list.

Here are the clues:

1. Army Insects
   
2. 7 Squared
   
3. Streakers are this
   
4. A 747
   
5. Hostile Attackers
   
6. Various Iron Workers
   
7. Suntanned Bodies
   
8. I.O.U.'s
   
9. Toy Baby with Fish Parts
   
10. Jungle Cats
    
11. Trained to Kill
    
12. Help to Relocate
    
13. Six Rulers
    
14. Opposite of Ewe
    
15. Nevermore Bird
    
16. Class of Boy Scout
    
17. Basic Fundamental Rule
    
18. Credit Card User
    
19. South-westerners
    
20. Indian Leaders
    
21. King of the Beasts
    
22. Used to be a Girl
    
23. A Dollar for Corn
    
24. Sweat for a Female
    
25. Ocean Going Bird
    
26. Term for Indians
    
27. Louis Armstrong Song
    
28. Six Shooters
    
29. Rodeo Horses
    
30. American Gaucho
    
31. God Fathers
    
32. ???

Leave your answers in the Comments.

The SOLUTION to the brainteaser will be posted on plezWorld in a few days.

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In Other News: AJC.com reports that Georgia Tech stung No. 6 Wake Forest 76-74 with a last second shot! Wake Forest is coming off Wednesday's win over No. 1 Duke, while this was Georgia Tech's first ACC win of the season! GO JACKETS!

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Read the Sports Illustrated article about five reasons why the Cardinals will win.

Read the Sports Illustrated article about five reasons why the Steelers will win.

Read the AJC.com article about Tech's improbable win over Wake Forest.

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You think you're smart, huh?!?

More Brain Stuff... From Cambridge University.

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plez sez:

a mere 6 days after the inaugural segment comes the second installment of the Sixth Degree:

1st Degree: Lori's Old School Mix
2nd Degree: NewBlackMan
3rd Degree: The Casey Lartigue Show!
4th Degree: Asymmetrical Information
5th Degree: TigerHawk
6th Degree: The Happy Carpenter



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Another Milestone in plezWorld

According to sitemeter, at or about 9:15 AM EST on Monday, January 7, 2008, a visitor from Harlan, Iowa caused plezWorld to pass a significant milestone: the 10,000thth visitor.

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it's no surprise that this person was directed to plezWorld when he/she Googled for "seven girls with seven backpacks with seven cats with seven kittens"! the brainteaser series is still the most popular post on plezWorld.

plez sez: ten thousand is a big number. now i'm sure a couple of hundred of those hits were mine from when i'm on the road (i have sitemeter set up to ignore hits from my home computer), but this is still a significant accomplishment.

i'd like to thank everyone who has dropped by on purpose and probably the 5,000 who clicked on plezWorld by accident... i hope you enjoyed this tiny, yet significant thread which helps comprise the vast tapestry that is plez's world!

here's to 10,000 more!

Solution: Legs in the Bus?

Last week, I posted the Legs in the Bus brainteaser. It's a pretty challenging math problem; it is not a trick question. Some people got it right (David after a couple of attempts, Anali, and Karen ) and others - who will remain nameless - didn't even come close.

There are 7 girls on a bus

Each girl has 7 backpacks

In each backpack, there are 7 big cats

For every big cat there are 7 little cats

So how many legs are there in the bus?

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plezWorld Solution

There are 7 girls on a bus

Each girl has 7 backpacks

In each backpack, there are 7 big cats: 7 girls x 7 backpacks/girl x 7 big cats/backpack = 343 big cats

For every big cat there are 7 little cats: 7 girls x 7 backpacks/girl x 7 big cats/backpack x 7 little cats/big cat = 2401 little cats

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7 girls x 2 legs/girl = 14 girl legs

343 big cats x 4 legs/cat = 1372 big cat legs

2401 little cats x 4 legs/cat = 9604 little cat legs

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14 girl legs + 1372 big cat legs + 9604 little cat legs = 10,990 legs

There are 10,990 legs in the bus

Brainteaser: Legs in the Bus?

I was sent the following brainteaser a few weeks ago. It's a pretty challenging math problem; it is not a trick question.

There are 7 girls on a bus

Each girl has 7 backpacks

In each backpack, there are 7 big cats

For every big cat there are 7 little cats

So how many legs are there in the bus?

Leave a comment with your name and your answer. The correct answer will be posted HERE next week.

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