Braingle: 'What Doesn't Belong?' Brain Teaser

What Doesn't Belong?

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:	#25751
Fun:	(2.98)
Difficulty:	(1.9)
Category:	Group
Submitted By:	Gnerb_25
Corrected By:	MarcM1098

Which one of the following does not belong with the others?

Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers

Answer

The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces.
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Comments

zonahobo Sep 03, 2005	I liked it .. there's two answers (ha ha)
lizardqueen Sep 03, 2005	nice one!
sudokulvr Sep 03, 2005	never woulda guessed that.
qsceszxdwa Sep 03, 2005	HIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
smarty_blondy Sep 04, 2005	I didn't even read it right, i deffinetly need more coffee . Great teaser, keep them coming!
aresII Sep 04, 2005	What did not belong was me trying to figure out the answer. It was pure logic and sharp...very good!!
Ozymandias Sep 04, 2005	I never would have gotten this one!
froggygg Sep 05, 2005	Good teaser. Aha, zona..I see you also found another answer! The word tweezers is also different from the rest as it is the only word that uses the same vowel while the other words use more than one vowel in each word. Right, zona? Still, this was a good teaser that I enjoyed solving!
Gnerb_25 Sep 05, 2005	Wow...I'm glad you all liked it. I kept trying to get a teaser submitted and I'm glad I finally got one in. I'm still thinking of more and hope to come up with one soon!
i_am_hated Sep 06, 2005	Nice.
Darklight Sep 14, 2005	geez wut a teaser
AZTTT Sep 16, 2005	I actually got it! Nicely done
peppamintp Nov 25, 2005	I got it.
avonma Jul 01, 2008	I went over it and over it, and still didn't get it. Good one.
hdrider Jul 01, 2008	My thought was that jeans didn't belong, because, unlike everything else, they're made of cloth or denim, which makes them different, but shoes are also different because they're made with leather! ...so there's more than one correct answer, but for different reasons!
sourdough Jul 01, 2008	SourDough actually thought "Handlebars", because the rest are used to go hiking with, hence my "pliers" are in my "Leatherman". But your answer is much better than $ourDough's, by golly! Three thumbs up! $D
cooltigerr1 Jul 01, 2008	that was awesome. i guessed right lol
saleprice Jul 01, 2008	thought it was dumb and I also thiught it was handlebars
mrschmooshies Jul 01, 2008	tweezers is also the only word in the list that can be typed exclusively by the left hand (using the proper hand positions and whatnot); thus, it does not fit because it does not use the right hand. I like your answer better, but that's what I came up with.
doehead Jul 01, 2008	I picked shoes because they had a left and right.
bradon182001 Jul 01, 2008	Really good teaser. I liked it and enjoyed solving it. Thanks for posting.
auntiesis Jul 01, 2008	I guessed shoes for the wrong reason, but a lucky guess.
eclectric Jul 01, 2008	interesting, though I thought it was eyeglasses as it is the only word that starts with a vowel
(user deleted) Jul 01, 2008	Good one. "jeans" is the only one that doesn't end in "es" or "rs"... Yours is better though.
michele454 Jul 01, 2008	That was hard! But i loved them! ;-)
bestgirl Jul 01, 2008	I chose jeans because they are the only thing that you don't "use."
FatHead Jul 01, 2008	Once I got to handlebars and jeans, I realized I needed to change my answer! Good one!
isis528 Jul 01, 2008	Great logic teaser. I guessed eyeglasses, only one that started with a vowl. lol
jcann Jul 01, 2008	Several times in the recent past there were a lot of complaints about using a list B of words which would help eliminate all the extra possiblities. (For example, another word beginning with a vowel could have been on that list and then everyone would know that eyeglasses was not the correct answer. ) In view of all the alternate answers I can see that there was definitely a need for that List B. Unless, of course, no one minds all the additional answers which also stimulates thinking and makes for interesting comments.
7mi27 Jul 01, 2008	Cool, but hard...
Trickster1992 Jul 01, 2008	I'm with isis. I thought it were eyeglasses.
mom_rox Jul 01, 2008	Well, I guessed handlebars because I have never heard the phrase "a pair of handlebars". I have always heard and used the word handlebar (singular form). Once again, I learn something new everyday!
elentir Jul 01, 2011	I said scissors as they are the only ones designed to be specifically right or left handed. Everything else is interchangeable/symmetric.
dsjt Jul 01, 2011	Handlebars makes more sense because I too have never heard the phrase "pair of handlebars". Handlebars are referenced like this... "Grab the handlebars."
mepapa Jul 01, 2011	that was funbut I would have to say that handlebars definately have a left and a right
mepapa Jul 01, 2011	oops read that wrong Nice one!!
eamon Jul 01, 2011	Handlebars are usually not referenced as a pair of such and such like the others in the list. We just say handlebars never a pair of handlebars.
eclectric Jul 01, 2011	never heard of a pair of handlebars...unless there were two of them together for some reason. like railroad tracks.
papiermeister Jul 01, 2011	I guessed handlebars, too