2003 Puzzlers
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12/22
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PUZZLER: Tricks of the Anti-Counterfeiting Department
Got a clue what tricks they're using at the Anti-Counterfeit Department?
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12/15
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PUZZLER: The Case of the Divided Dessert
How can you, with one cut of the knife, cut the cake in half?
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12/01
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PUZZLER: From the Department of Very Curious Math
Two and five is twelve? What the heck were Tony and his son talking about?
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11/17
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PUZZLER: A 52 Card Conundrum
Can you arrange the cards in two piles so that each pile has the same number of cards facing up?
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11/10
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PUZZLER: The Power of One, Measly Letter
What is the one word that when an "s" is added to the end, it's going to change it from masculine to feminine, and plural to singular?
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10/27
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PUZZLER: Tom, Ray and Doug Paint Car Talk Plaza
How long would it take each of us, painting by ourselves, to paint Car Talk Plaza?
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10/20
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PUZZLER: Cars with Something in Common
What is it that's unique to the names of these cars?
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10/13
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PUZZLER: What's with the Hungarian in Springfield?
Why does the official police manual include two pages in Hungarian?
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10/06
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PUZZLER: Find the 1 Bogus Coin in 50-and Fast
You have 50 coins. One of them is bogus, and heavier than the other 49. You can figure out which coin is bogus in four weighings. The question is, how?
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9/29
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PUZZLER: One Coin That's Not Like The Others
How can you take eight coins, and determine which is the bogus, heavier coin, with just two weighings?
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9/15
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PUZZLER: A Dark and Stormy Nautical-Automotive Conundrum
How did Tom and Ray know which cars were automatics, and which were standard shift?
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9/8
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CLASSIC PUZZLER: For Whom The Dart Tows
Tommy's car breaks down, but it can still tow Ray's car. How is this possible?
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9/1
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PUZZLER: A Matter of Tremendous Gravity. Or Not.
What would weigh more on the Moon than it does on the Earth?
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6/02
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PUZZLER: Claudette's Exploding Bridge Conundrum
What's the shortest time she can get everyone safely across the bridge?
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5/12
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PUZZLER: Stevie Gets Out His Bike
What was the temperature in the morning, and what was the temperature when he went home?
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4/14
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PUZZLER: A Rope, Two Telephone Poles� and Some Confounding Math
What must be the distance between the two poles?
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4/07
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PUZZLER: Bruno and the Bird Feeder
Why didn't the birds fly into the feeder from the same direction?
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3/31
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PUZZLER: The Cost of Book Repair
Why was the cost of book repairs half of what was expected?
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3/15
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PUZZLER: Prescription Sunglasses Puzzler
How did the police officer know the car accident was actually a homicide?
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3/08
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PUZZLER: VW Beetle Tire Blowout
How did Helmut know the students were coming in to fix a tire?
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3/01
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PUZZLER: Father and Son Visit Pyramids of Egypt
How did the son visit the pyramids 26 years before his father?
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2/22
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PUZZLER: Pinewood Derby Debacle
How do they figure out which car is faster using the items available?
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2/15
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PUZZLER: Snap-On Scanner Scenario
How could the scanner detect the low air pressure in the right tire?
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1/25
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PUZZLER: Shipwrecked Saga
What is the smallest numbers of crossings needed to save the family and their dog?
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1/11
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PUZZLER: Cats and Dogs and Mice - Oh My!
How many of each species must you buy to spend $100 exactly?
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