Braingle: 'What's Common' Brain Teaser

What's Common

These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.

Puzzle ID:	#28568
Fun:	(2.89)
Difficulty:	(2.16)
Category:	Group
Submitted By:	medster99

The items in each group are related to each other. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that is common to all the items in the group.

Group A
A person
A clock
A cliff

Group B
A dress
A ship
An aircraft

Group C
A feather
A torch
A low calorie beer

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sugarnspice4u7 Feb 11, 2006	funn and easy!! good job!!
sweetmama Feb 11, 2006	nice one medster!
luvajoke Feb 14, 2006	One question....What does a cliff have to do with a face? Other then that I really liked it!
medster99 Feb 14, 2006	a cliff face, a very steep and smooth part of the cliff
luvmyself Feb 14, 2006	i like ur teaser its simple (not 2 long and easy 2 read)! keep up the good work!
Vigo95 Feb 20, 2006	okay , i don't get TRIM . can somebody help me out ?
medster99 Feb 20, 2006	trim can be- -To adjust (the sails and yards) so that they receive the wind properly -To balance (an aircraft) in flight by regulating the control surfaces and tabs -Decoration or ornament, as for clothing
Vigo95 Feb 20, 2006	awesome ! thank you very much . i swear i just didn't know . sometimes i'm there's just a conspiracy against me !
keveffect1 Feb 20, 2006	It was fun
(user deleted) Apr 01, 2006	to many possible responses. Stick to one, adj. or noun. bringing in both opens up subjectivity.
karenokupniak Mar 31, 2009	A dress doesn't necessarily have trim.
emu77alu02 Mar 31, 2009	I only got #3 Good teaser!
blackwolfe Mar 31, 2009	I got 1 and 3 pretty easily, but couldn't figure out 2. But it made sense when I saw the answer. A lot of ships don't use the term "trim" anymore either... none of our modern naval vessels have sails and such. But that doesn't mean the term isn't still in use, so it's still valid, just like dresses may or may not have trim.
kwelchans Mar 31, 2009	Not to be nitpicky, but you don't TRIM a ship. You trim the sails on the ship, but not the ship itself.
dsjt Mar 31, 2009	Actually TRIM is a term used in ship design. I am a naval architect and a marine engineer so I am familiar with these terms. The term TRIM is a measurement indicating how level the vessel is sitting in the water along its length. When a vessel is TRIM it has the same draft measurement at the bow and the stern. This is not to be confused with the sailing term "TRIM THE SAILS" used to describe a procedure done to the sails to adjust the sail's angle to the wind.
dsjt Mar 31, 2009	But I do not quite get the dress - trim association.
Jimmymo Mar 31, 2009	I thought #2 might be battle. Got the other two though. Fun quiz!
VFD642 Mar 31, 2009	Luvajoke, what a cliff and a face have in common is the cliff face (don't laugh), the flat part somewhat perpendicular to the ground, the part you end up falling beside is you drive too fast Oh, and great teaser, the only one I didn't get was Group B
UptheHill Mar 31, 2009	that was fun!!!
bradon182001 Apr 02, 2009	Nice teaser, very enjoyable. Had to think a few minutes on the first one, but the rest came easily. Thanks for posting.
avonma Apr 11, 2009	I didn't think of "trim" either,but it was a fun teaser. Thanks!
gaylewolf Mar 31, 2012	1 out of 3 means I didn't try long or hard enough! Thanks for posting!
kasiecom Mar 31, 2012	low calorie beer is spelled "lite beer"
Maggiethe8th Mar 31, 2012	I always like it when I let it settle in & the answer comes! (except with 2 )...thank you!!
gghali Mar 31, 2012	I actually think a better answer for Group B is "slip". A slip can be something you wear under your dress A slip is a place where you keep your boat A slip is a maneuver when piloting an airplane All very different uses, unlike trim which is essentially the same for boats and planes.