Bracket #27 — the answers
The five questions from October 26, 2026, with their answers, the track each ran on, and the bracket that would have scored 90 on it.
The answers
| # | Question | Answer | Track | A tenth of it, on the answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What year was John F. Kennedy assassinated? | 1,963 | 1,900 to 2,025 | 1,957 to 1,969 |
| 2 | How much storage did the smallest original iPhone have? | 4 gigabytes | 1 to 64 | 1 to 7 |
| 3 | How fast does the Earth’s surface move at the equator, as it spins? | 1,040 miles per hour | 100 to 10,000, logarithmic | 830 to 1,300 |
| 4 | What is 32 squared? | 1,024 | 100 to 20,000, logarithmic | 790 to 1,300 |
| 5 | How tall is the average American man? | 69 inches | 50 to 90 | 67 to 71 |
Question by question
A question scores 100 minus the bracket’s width as a percentage of the track, if the answer is inside it, and nothing if it is outside. The tenth-of-the-track bracket below is the one a confident player was aiming for.
- What year was John F. Kennedy assassinated? 1,963 — near the middle of its track. A bracket from 1,957 to 1,969 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- How much storage did the smallest original iPhone have? 4 gigabytes — in the lower third of its track. A bracket from 1 to 7 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- How fast does the Earth’s surface move at the equator, as it spins? 1,040 miles per hour — near the middle of its track (a logarithmic track, so a tenth of it is a tenth of the powers of ten it spans). A bracket from 830 to 1,300 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- What is 32 squared? 1,024 — near the middle of its track (a logarithmic track, so a tenth of it is a tenth of the powers of ten it spans). A bracket from 790 to 1,300 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
- How tall is the average American man? 69 inches — near the middle of its track. A bracket from 67 to 71 is a tenth of the track and scores 90; the whole track scores 0.
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Bracket is Noggin’s estimation puzzle, on the second shelf: five questions a day with a number for an answer, bracketed rather than named, outside the daily line-up. How to play Bracket, or play today’s.