Braingle: 'Z,Y,X,W...' Brain Teaser

Z,Y,X,W...

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Puzzle ID:	#49637
Fun:	(2.03)
Difficulty:	(0.57)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	Panther91

Angela made a bet with her friend Alex. The bet was that Angela would win $50 if she could say the alphabet in reverse within 5 seconds. If not, Alex would win $50. Angela walked away fifty bucks richer. How did she do it?

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Answer

Angela said "alphabet the." The bet was that she says the alphabet in reverse. It was never stated that Angela had to say every letter!
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Comments

RRAMMOHAN Oct 18, 2012	Quite a clever one!
ThinksForFun Oct 18, 2012	Or why not Angela says, "the alphabet in reverse"?
Marple Oct 19, 2012	Very easy but fun It's like when Dave says to Dan "Say goodnight, Dan" so Dan says "Goodnight Dan"
abbylee123 Oct 19, 2012	thats cool... i thought that angela would say the alphabet backwards!!
annie9698 Oct 19, 2012	I agree with thinksforfun... say "the alphabet in reverse within 5 seconds"
Zag24 Oct 20, 2012	Or, she could just do what was implied. I just checked, I can say, "zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba" (saying the name of each letter) in a smidge under 4 seconds. It actually flows better backwards than forwards: tee-essarcupeeohenem is easier than emenohpeecue-are-esstee, for instance.
boodler Oct 23, 2012	I agree; "the alphabet in reverse" or "alphabet the". Prefer the first.
30angel100 Nov 08, 2012	Too easy.
HABS2933 Dec 09, 2012	I too thought that she just actually recited the alphabet backwards. I (along with many other ppl I know who also have East Coast roots) learned the alphabet backwards as children. In fact most of us knew it backwards months before we knew it forward. I can still recite it faster in reverse than I can in the "proper order"
Quocalimar Jan 09, 2013	Nice one, not too easy like one guy said, it's just for the simpler side of braingle.
ThePurpleTurtle Feb 09, 2013	Great teaser!! I thought the answer was thaat she said "The alphabet in reverse", but it's still gre
Candi7 Mar 28, 2013	I agree with ThinksForFun