# Anyone solved this Brain Torture puzzle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413 "2003-02-25T16:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/21 "2003-02-25T21:29:04Z")
25: lashes with a wet noodle ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/22 "2003-02-25T23:24:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dr hermes \* > \*\*This has tormented me for years. A friend gave a photocopied page of 25 cryptic abbreviations to figure out, with no answers anywhere. I have no idea where it originated or if there is an answer sheet, so I have from time to time tortured my brain on it. Rather than helping you answer the puzzle itself, I’ll answer this question. The puzzle was originally published in GAMES magazine back in the 1980s. They’ve since published several additional sets. Ed ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/23 "2003-02-25T23:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FriendRob \* > \*\*We started doing these awhile back. The best one I remember is > > 2 ABPSSLCPOOASSB \*\* Too easy: 2 All Beef Patties Special Sauce Lettuce Cheese Pickles Onions On A Sesame Seed Bun. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/24 "2003-02-26T00:27:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by suranyi \* > \*\*Rather than helping you answer the puzzle itself, I’ll answer this question. The puzzle was originally published in GAMES magazine back in the 1980s. They’ve since published several additional sets. > > Ed \*\* Quite right- these puzzles first appeared in Games, back when Will Shortz (now editor of the NY Times crossword puzzle) was their editor. But the game has spread so far and so wide, and has been around so long, most people don’t know the source. I’ve heard Will say that people send him that puzzle at least once a month, and tell him “You should publish this,” and he has to tell them for the thousandth time, “I DID, actually.” The current editors of Games say the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/25 "2003-02-26T01:45:25Z")
I got a couple of these, but these are too cultural-specific. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/26 "2003-02-26T02:00:20Z")
1 P. in a H.A. = 1 proton in a hydrogen atom hehehe ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/27 "2003-02-26T02:02:25Z")
Give that man a cigar! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/28 "2003-02-26T05:28:19Z")
Sounds fun. Try this: 7 L.Y. in 19 Y. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/29 "2003-02-26T06:00:01Z")
O.K. start off with an easy one: 66 or 73 B in the B ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/30 "2003-02-26T06:16:27Z")
7 L.Y. in 19 Y. = 7 leap years in 19 (Babylonian) years??? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/31 "2003-02-26T06:36:24Z")
The General Question has been answered, so I’ll move this thread to MPSIMS where you crazy kids can play. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/32 "2003-02-26T14:56:01Z")
By the way, one of these is wrong > [@](#): > > 1. 54 C. in the D. with a J. That should either be 5 **3** C. in the D. with a J. or 54 C. in the D. with **the** J. Most decks I’m familiar with have 52 playable cards – adding **a** a single joker only gets to 53. You need to add **the** (two) jokers to get 54. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/33 "2003-02-26T14:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cankerist \* > \*\*O.K. start off with an easy one: > 66 or 73 B in the B \*\* 66 or 73 Books in the Bible ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/34 "2003-02-26T15:47:29Z")
These are a few I have either seen written up for friends a long time ago. Let me include a few that I remember now (some of these I think are America-centric): 1. 57 = H.V. 2. 76 = T. that L. the B.P. 3. 9 = L. of a C. 4. 6 = P. for a T. 5. 100 = C. in a M. 6. 451 = D.F. when P.B. 7. 33 = N. on a R.R.B. 8. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.) 9. 6 = C. on The B.B. 10. 9 = S. in T.T.T. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/35 "2003-02-26T16:55:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LlamaPoet \* > \*\*These are a few I have either seen written up for friends a long time ago. Let me include a few that I remember now (some of these I think are America-centric): > > 1. 57 = H.V. > Heinz Varieties > 2. 76 = T. that L. the B.P. > Trombones that Led the Big Parade > 3. 9 = L. of a C. > Lives of a cat > 4. 6 = P. for a T. > 5. 100 = C. in a M. > Centimeters in a meter > 6. 451 = D.F. when P.B. > 451 degrees Fahrenheit when ? paper burns? > 7. 33 = N. on a R.R.B. > Number on a Rolling Rock Bottle > 8. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.) > 9. 6 = C. on The B.B. > 10. 9 = S. in T.T.T. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/36 "2003-02-26T16:55:05Z")
How about: 14 L. of I.P. in a S.S. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/37 "2003-03-01T13:05:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LlamaPoet \* > \*\* > 9) 6 = C. on The B.B. > \*\* Children on the Brady Bunch. Couldn’t get 4 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/38 "2003-03-01T15:59:58Z")
1. 9 = S. in T.T.T. 9 Squares in Tic Tac Toe. ---
**Author:** ![cankerist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@cankerist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cankerist)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/39 "2003-03-14T09:24:55Z")
14 L of IP in a SS = 14 levels of Inscrutable Politeness in a Samurai Showdown did I get it? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413/40 "2003-03-14T10:30:02Z")
I can’t believe no one has said: 9 F. in the S.D.M.B. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-solved-this-brain-torture-puzzle/157413.md?page=1)