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What Key(s) Do I Press!?
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Difficulty: (1.96)
Puzzle ID: #36517
Submitted By: soccer_chick70 Corrected By: BlackBelt
Submitted By: soccer_chick70 Corrected By: BlackBelt
Trivia
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.Trivia
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?
"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?
Answer
The pound (#) key. This is also less commonly known as the octothorpe.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Haha - I guessed it right but I didn't actually know the answer. In Australia we call it the "hash" key.
pound, octothorpe, hash...
life is so confusing!!
life is so confusing!!
In the U.S., it's also sometimes known as the numeric sign -- as in #3 for instance.
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
for you trivia buffs, here's a site with way too much info on the#
key.
www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oct1.htm
Great quiz.
oooooo i thought you actually type it in on the phone nice one you got me
It is a good piece of trivia - also a great crossword or scrabble word.
I knew it was the #.
Ooooh...hurt head.
I thought it was 8 something...
lol I'm with oddrey on this one. I definitley call it pound. But I did guess the * for this one. Wrong but close
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
If someone only spoke Russian (as an example) how would they know to press whatever number if they cant understand English?
good teaser though
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!
No=not, and=an, and stilled=still. Sorry
? ? good teaser
wow that was easy!
COOOLL!
I'm gonna use that!!
yes.... the has key.......
woah! anyway good teaser preety eassy but fun
woah! anyway good teaser preety eassy but fun
I just got it right by guessing based on the keys on a telephone. Great piece of trivia!
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