GebbieRose   
Nov 20, 2006
| Very clever, indeed! You got me, & all the time my periodic table was sitting right in front of me!  |
Zelvinrocks
Nov 20, 2006
| I didn't know that it was invovled with the table of elements. I thought it was the sum of all the numbers times two equals 14.
16+53+3+27+7=106
1+0+6=7
7+7=14 |
Stormcrafter  
Nov 20, 2006
| In the reviewing bay I thought this very clever, and now it's out I shall favou-*gunshot*
Ragah! I pheo atth idn'dt od irabn admeag... He? Maragnas? Hawt?  |
Pizzazz2u
Nov 20, 2006
| I would never have thought of your answer, with my mind.  Awesome teaser.  |
CountdownCrispy 
Nov 20, 2006
| Great puzzle! |
spookboy0
Nov 20, 2006
| But if that were the case, then 1 + 0 + 6 = 77, and thus, it doesn't work. |
mathmama
Nov 22, 2006
| excellent |
I_Write_Books
Nov 22, 2006
| Great teaser! Of course, I fell into the trap...but great teaser all the same! |
vlerma
Nov 25, 2006
|  Too hard for me but I did follow the answer quiite well. Would have never kown the answer tho. For me it would have been unsolvable, but it is a great brain teaser.  |
senther7
Dec 03, 2006
| ooooo i see it now....to bad i dont take cemestry yet. |
hoyty
Dec 30, 2006
| I didn't solve it but this was great! Gotta think outside of the box on this one.
I'm passing it on to those in my family that are chemistry majors. (but I'm not telling them this has to do with chemistry) |
coachpisco
Dec 30, 2006
| That's WAY too difficult for me. |
gaylewolf
Dec 30, 2006
| I guess I don't think along those lines!  What I like most about these teasers is that they appeal to a wide variety of people's interests!   Thanks! Can't wait for a new one each day! |
feste
Dec 30, 2006
| I hadn't the faintest idea, and after reading the answer I non the wiser. |
(user deleted)
Dec 30, 2006
| 106 is 14 when we count it on the base of 102. In this base, 102 is 10 and 106 is 14.
Moshe Pereg, Israel |
bradon182001
Dec 30, 2006
| Have to agree with Coachpisco and Feste. What do you think Imurray?  |
Infinitoid
Dec 30, 2006
| i tihnk its the whole "other" catagory if you can actually give it a catagory, we could guess a little better. when its "other" you dont really know what to expect.
all in all, its clever, but its just a little unanticipating kinda answer |
(user deleted)
Dec 30, 2006
| As my only brush with chemistry class was painful (two degrees in English), I solved this another way, using the calendar. If you assume that the numbers are years, and that some of them are A.D and some B.C. it solves this way: If 53 and 7 are AD and 16,3,and 27 are BC, and subtract the BC from the AD, the answer is 14AD. Made sense to me.... |
heyman
Dec 30, 2006
| I did the following:
(53-27-16-3) = 7
7 + 7 = 14
So there is more than one answer. |
lmurray 
Dec 30, 2006
| THIS WAS NOT TOO DIFFICULT, BUT WITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE AND FAMILIARITY WITH CHEMISTRY, YOU WOULD NOT EVEN FAINTLY HAVE REASON TO GUESS IT INVOLVED USE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE.
ALL IN ALL, I WOULD RATE THIS CHALLENGING, BUT CERTAINLY NOT WORTHY OF TEASER OF THE DAY. |
spookboy0
Dec 30, 2006
| Heyman (the user), that equation wouldn't work because you would have to change the initial teaser, which is out of the question. The teaser says to add, so why would you subtract? |
mmmcla01
Dec 30, 2006
| Shouldn't this be in either the 'trick' or 'science' category?? |
breathesunshine
Dec 30, 2006
| I was way off with this one. Was trying to figure it out with the obvious, math. |
HyunYung
Dec 30, 2006
| i agree with spookyboy0
u could have other answers
but for them to make sence
the original would have to be twisted up
and that ruins it
if he ment minus, why wouldn't he have written it like that? |
rajakiit
Dec 30, 2006
| I thought it had to do with time...
16 minutes + 53 minutes + 3 minutes + 27 minutes + 7 minutes = 14 minutes before the hour. |
katjojo
Dec 30, 2006
| I agree with several others, this should have at least been labled a Science Teaser. |
Badger
Dec 30, 2006
| Loved the teaser, enjoyed the creativity of the alternative answers! Thanks for submitting. |
speedqueenkmw
Dec 30, 2006
|  way too tough for me. |
iteachkids
Dec 30, 2006
| Ouch! My brain hurts!!! |
scallio
Dec 31, 2006
| Too much for me! |
tpkarth
Dec 31, 2006
| Needed a hint abt the chemistry |
Qrystal
Jan 02, 2007
| A hint would've been very welcome. I was stumped. But I loved the answer, and wished it had occurred to me to use chemistry!
I started by playing around with hours and minutes, though I didn't come up the answer rajakiit got (or any answer at all, for that matter). Oh well! |
choptlivva
Jan 02, 2007
| Awesome teaser Spookboy!! Very creative thinking!! |
i_luv_2_read
Jan 05, 2007
| that is so cool! i love chemistry!!! and science in general!!! |
Cat-Lady
Jan 09, 2007
| I blew it, just like I did the Chem Lab in high school What a great teaser! Even with a hint of "Chemistry", I would not have gotten it |
adiddie48
Jan 17, 2007
| the only reason i got that was because i am studying for my chemistry mid term now otherwise you would have got me nice |
bchandark
Jan 30, 2007
| I got this one because I did a chemistry teaser right before. |
sftball_rocks13
Mar 07, 2007
| Immuray, why do you always put rude comments on other's teasers, when you don't even have any of your own? They took the time to come up with a great teaser (like this one ) and all you can do is insult it.
This was really cute, I loved it
Made me go "GENIOUS!" as soon as I read the answer |
chickenzRcool
Mar 14, 2007
| "In the reviewing bay I thought this very clever, and now it's out I shall favou-*gunshot*
Ragah! I pheo atth idn'dt od irabn admeag... He? Maragnas? Hawt? "
- ROFLOL I don't understand ;D
Great teaser!!!!!!!!Stumped me Congrats ;D!!!!!! |
MrDoug
Mar 18, 2007
| Or when you are working within the cyclic group of order 92. |
Jimbo
Mar 25, 2007
| Nice comment Doug! |
smartaZz
Mar 27, 2007
| h0lly!! thAt was hArd!! l0lz braiiny |
spinnercat
Jul 23, 2007
| impossible to get, but very cool once you see the answer! |
Fire_Shell96
Jan 18, 2008
| Very clever. I knew it had to do something with elements because when I searched up "lithium" on the teaser search bar, it popped up. Still, I would have never thought of that... |
mosca
Dec 14, 2008
| Spook, this was absolutely brilliant! Love your teasers! |
javaguru
Jan 08, 2009
| I got the same solution as MrDoug...you get this answer using modulo 92 arithmetic.
It's pretty obscure since even though I thought to look at the periodic table, the answer didn't occur to me since there's no pattern related to the properties of the elements, just the symbols becoming a name. |
