http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ Historic, folkloric and sometimes even automotive-- test your cranial power against the weekly puzzler from National Public Radio's Car Talk. 2008, Dewey, Cheetham and Howe 2008, Dewey, Cheetham and Howe http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ Burt is pumping gas at a service station in North Carolina when he notices something about the man at the next pump. Immediately Burt knows he?s not from N.C. and knows what state he is from. What did Burt observe? Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ 2008-12-22T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200850/index.html In the '60s, Ray challenged his neighbor to a car race: Ray's four-speed manual transmission Saab against his neighbor's American muscle car. They raced in reverse and Ray's muscle-less car won. How'd he do it? Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200850/index.html 2008-12-15T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200849/index.html Every two-digit number can be represented as AB, where B is the ones digit and A is the tens digit. Take this two-digit number and square it (AB x AB), and the result is a three-digit number, CAB. What is the value of C, so that AB2 = CAB? Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200849/index.html 2008-12-08T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200847/index.html A guy orders parts for an old 4-wheel-drive pickup truck. He buys brake pads, new rotors and a caliper hardware kit. But the new parts don't match the old ones. One syllable caused the mistake. What is the trucks make and last digit of the model year? Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200847/index.html 2008-11-24T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200846/index.html A relief pitcher had the following score: Innings pitched, 1. Hits, 0. Runs, 1. Earned runs, 1. Strikeouts, 1. Bases on balls, 0. So he pitched one inning, recorded 3 outs, gave up no hits or walks, and was still charged with an earned run. How? Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200846/index.html 2008-11-17T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200845/index.html Thirty potential buyers attend a car auction. Ten of them bought fewer than 6 cars. Eight bought more than 7 cars. Five bought more than 8 cars and 1 buyer bought more than 9. How many of the buyers bought 6, 7, 8, or 9 cars? Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200845/index.html 2008-11-10T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200844/index.html A boy and his mother were doing math problems. For example, 25 + 8 and the boy answered 33. The next problem was 42 + 15. The boy said 43. When Ray saw how the boy was dressed, he understood. What was going on? Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200844/index.html 2008-11-04T05:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200843/index.html Car odometers go from 0 to 999,999. If a car reached 999,999 miles, how many times would the number "1" appear? Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200843/index.html 2008-10-27T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200842/index.html Sally invited 17 guests to a dance party. She assigned each guest a number from 2 to 18, keeping 1 for herself. The sum of each coupleÂ’s numbers was a perfect square. What was the number of SallyÂ’s partner? Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200842/index.html 2008-10-20T04:00:00Z http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200841/index.html There are three people who need operations, a one-handed doctor, and only two surgical gloves. How can the doctor operate without risking contamination to her patients? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/transcripts/200841/index.html 2008-10-13T04:00:00Z