2001 Puzzlers
| 12-15 |
Job Interview Tiebreak How did the job applicant know the color of his hat even before they took off his blindfold? |
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| 12-8 | PUZZLER: Dividing Time Where do you place the two lines on the clock face to create segments that have the same sums? |
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| 12-1 | PUZZLER: Cars in the Will How did Krusty divide the cars amongst the boys and why did it work? |
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| 11-24 | PUZZLER: Match Stick Math What is the fewest number of moves needed to make the equation true? |
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| 11-17 | PUZZLER: Bogus White House Letter What about the letter tipped it off as being a fake? |
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| 11-10 | PUZZLER: Tommy's Flat Tire Trauma Why didn't Alex's great idea get Tommy's car back on the road? |
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| 11-3 | PUZZLER: Drag Race Dilemma Who will win the race -- Tom or Ray -- and why? |
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| 10-27 | PUZZLER: Buying House Number Letters How much will it cost to buy the letters that spell the number 12? |
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| 10-20 | PUZZLER: Eavesdropping Enigma What kind of store were our eavesdroppers in, and what product were the customers buying? |
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| 10-13 | PUZZLER: Buying a Motorcycle in Europe What would have to be changed on the motorcycle before it would be legal to drive in the USA? |
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| 10-6 | Heart Attack Help Puzzler What question did the 911 operator ask that saved the man's life? |
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| 9-29 | Geezers and Old Cars Puzzler What did the old men miss that they could see almost yearly on their old cars? |
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| 9-22 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Special Limerick Edition Puzzler (2000) Can you come up with the missing four lines of this limerick? |
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| 9-15 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Case of Melting Sorbet (2000) Couple is transporting sorbet to a wedding. What happened on the way? |
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| 9-8 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Case of the Whacked Out Clock (2000) Can you figure out if the clock is broken? |
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| 9-1 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Brass Bar Puzzler (1999) What was this building that Ray had entered that had this particular door? |
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| 8-24 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Gastrointestinal Puzzler (1999) How did Ray take the correct dosage to ease his stomach trauma? |
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| 8-17 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Manny the Miracle Worker (1999) How did Manny know how to fix her car without looking at it? |
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| 8-11 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- The Story of John and John (1998) How did John grow younger from 1982 to 1987? |
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| 8-4 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Stop to Talk (1998) Why did the couple in the car only converse at redlights? |
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| 7-28 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Frank's Party of Five (1998) How can half of Frank's five children be boys? |
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| 7-21 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- What Do These Famous Men Have in Common? (1997) What do Ulysses S. Grant, Rudyard Kipling, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, and Calvin Coolidge have in common? |
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| 7-14 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Holding a Finger at the Moon (1997) Why can't you block out the moon with your index finger at night? |
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| 7-7 | ENCORE PUZZLER -- Gone Fishing (1996) How did the boy get on the bus with the fishing pole? |
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| 6-30 | False Positive Puzzler What is the percentage chance that you actually have the |
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| 6-23 | The Stakeout How did the policeman know that the "Big Kahuna" had arrived just by looking at the car parked outside? |
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| 6-16 | Magnifying Glass Mystery What item on the piece of paper was not enlarged by the magnifying glass? |
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| 6-9 | Hat in the River Puzzler What is the speed of the river current? |
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| 6-2 | Backwards Engine Enigma Why would anyone want or need an engine to run backwards? |
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| 5-26 | Heads Up Pennies How do you separate the pennies so that there are a equal number of pennies heads up in each group? |
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| 5-19 | Captured Spy Puzzler What did the spy do that gave him away to the enemy? |
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| 5-12 | Rambler's Alternator Light Mystery What dashboard control made the alternator light go off? |
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| 4-28 | No Accidents Puzzler What time of year is the safest time to drive nationwide? |
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| 4-21 | Ray's Vacuum Cleaner Repair What purpose did the big hunk of lead serve in Ray's vacuum cleaner? |
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| 4-14 | Will Shortz's Automotive Word Play What make of car can you add a letter to, scramble, and come up with another make of car? |
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| 4-7 | The Lawnmower Mystery What changed to make the same lawn require more gas to mow? |
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| 3-31 | Building's Mysterious Name What type of product was sold in the building but could not be demo'ed there? |
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| 3-17 | American Pilot in France What gave away the pilot as an American in a room full of Frenchmen? |
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| 3-10 | 1000 $1 Bills and 10 Envelopes What combination of $1 bills -- placed in the ten envelopes -- can combine to form any dollar amount between $1 and $1000? |
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| 3-3 | What Do These Words Have in Common? What common "thing" links these very different words? |
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| 2-26 | The Blessing of the Trucks How did Tony get the trucks going with just a prayer? |
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| 2-12 | The Mango Tree with Seven Gates How many mangos must the man have to pay the seven guards? |
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| 2-5 B | Following the City Bus Why does Ray look forward to following the bus? |
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| 1-29 | Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair What repair on Frank's car required a vacuum cleaner? |
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| 1-8 | Great Grasshopper Race Can a short-legged grasshopper beat his long-legged friend in a speed race? |
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| 1-1 | Rocco & Throckmorten Locked in the Trunk How could Throckmorton possibly have survived for hours |
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