Braingle: 'What Key(s) Do I Press!?' Brain Teaser

What Key(s) Do I Press!?

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Puzzle ID:	#36517
Fun:	(2.8)
Difficulty:	(1.98)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	soccer_chick70
Corrected By:	BlackBelt

Jenny called a toll free customer service line about a bouncy ball that wouldn't bounce. The prerecorded voice gave instructions.

"For Spanish, press 1;
for Portuguese, press 2;
for French, press 3;
for Swedish, press 4;
for Norwegian, press 5;
for Finnish, press 6;
for Bantu, press 7;
for Italian, press 8;
for Russian, press 9;
for Ukrainian, press 0;
for English press octothorpe."

Confused and frustrated, Jenny hung up. When her brother Benny asked what was wrong, she told him, "They went through all the languages, and all except English had a number. For English I was asked to press octothorpe!"

Benny smiled and enlightened his sister. Jenny grinned from ear to ear and called back. This time, she got to the English section of the phone tree. What key or series of keys did she press?

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Comments

leftclick May 05, 2007	Haha - I guessed it right but I didn't actually know the answer. In Australia we call it the "hash" key.
oddrey May 05, 2007	pound, octothorpe, hash... life is so confusing!!
craniac May 05, 2007	In the U.S., it's also sometimes known as the numeric sign -- as in #3 for instance.
vikingboy May 06, 2007	good one. for you trivia buffs, here's a site with way too much info on the# key. www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm
renae May 06, 2007	Great quiz.
HarryPutter May 06, 2007	oooooo i thought you actually type it in on the phone nice one you got me
saxman May 07, 2007	It is a good piece of trivia - also a great crossword or scrabble word.
Corina May 07, 2007	I knew it was the #.
wyoguy May 07, 2007	Ooooh...hurt head.
nerdyiscool May 11, 2007	I thought it was 8 something...
rose996 May 17, 2007	lol I'm with oddrey on this one. I definitley call it pound. But I did guess the * for this one. Wrong but close
reptile5000 Jun 01, 2007	That would never happen though... If someone only spoke Russian (as an example) how would they know to press whatever number if they cant understand English? good teaser though
Kamazar Jun 10, 2007	I knew what octo was, but no thorpe, so I went to dictionary.com. What the heck does and athlete or science have to do with a phone? If you were here at the time you would've seen me frantically clicking "show answer". But I stilled liked the teaser, new trivia I can stump people with, muhahaha!
Kamazar Jun 10, 2007	No=not, and=an, and stilled=still. Sorry
thunderelitecut Jun 20, 2007	? ? good teaser
saphira1998 Jun 21, 2007	wow that was easy!
pudgyfudgy Jun 21, 2007	COOOLL!
saltydavid Jul 04, 2007	I'm gonna use that!!
sora Jul 05, 2007	yes.... the has key....... woah! anyway good teaser preety eassy but fun
spinnercat Jul 20, 2007	I just got it right by guessing based on the keys on a telephone. Great piece of trivia!