Light It Up
If you have one match and enter a room in which there is a stove, a kerosine lamp, and an oil burner, what will you light up first?
SOLUTION
The match.
Difficulty: Easy
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4 builders, 4 houses
SOLUTION
It will still take four months (not two).
Puzzle Sum 9
What vegetables do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
RAT – T + DISH = RADDISH
CAB + BAG + EEL + BOW – ELBOW = CABBAGE
Puzzle Sum 8
What animal does this sum spell?
SOLUTION
HORNET – NET + SEAL + ARM + CLOCK – ALARM CLOCK = HORSE
Lucky Day
Scientists have discovered that on one particular date in the year, there is
SOLUTION
February 29 – it happens only once every four years.
Puzzle Sum 7
What birds do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
WRENCH + ARM – CHARM = WREN
MAGNET – NET + PIE = MAGPIE
Penrose Railway Maze 1
Get from START to FINISH, moving only over smooth lines, without reversing and making sharp turns.
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Bottle, Coin and Cork
You put a little coin in an empty wine bottle and then insert the cork in its opening. How can you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
SOLUTION
Push the cork inside and then take out the coin.
Puzzle Sum 6
What state does this sum spell?
SOLUTION
KENNEL + INK – LINK + STONE – NEST – ONE + TUCK + YEAR – EAR = KENTUCKY
Basket with Apples
A mother was carrying a basket with 4 apples inside. She went to her 4 children and gave each of them an apple. Yet, there was still one apple left in the basket. How come
SOLUTION
The mother gave one of the children the basket with one of the apples inside.