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?
Read Question      Read Answer

12-8	PUZZLER: Dividing Time Where do you place the two lines on the clock face to create segments that have the same sums?
Read Question      Read Answer

12-1	PUZZLER: Cars in the Will How did Krusty divide the cars amongst the boys and why did it work?
Read Question      Read Answer

11-24	PUZZLER: Match Stick Math What is the fewest number of moves needed to make the equation true?
Read Question      Read Answer

11-17	PUZZLER: Bogus White House Letter What about the letter tipped it off as being a fake?
Read Question      Read Answer

11-10	PUZZLER: Tommy's Flat Tire Trauma Why didn't Alex's great idea get Tommy's car back on the road?
Read Question      Read Answer

11-3	PUZZLER: Drag Race Dilemma Who will win the race -- Tom or Ray -- and why?
Read Question      Read Answer

10-27	PUZZLER: Buying House Number Letters How much will it cost to buy the letters that spell the number 12?
Read Question      Read Answer

10-20	PUZZLER: Eavesdropping Enigma What kind of store were our eavesdroppers in, and what product were the customers buying?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

10-6	Heart Attack Help Puzzler What question did the 911 operator ask that saved the man's life?
Read Question      Read Answer

9-29	Geezers and Old Cars Puzzler What did the old men miss that they could see almost yearly on their old cars?
Read Question      Read Answer

9-22	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Special Limerick Edition Puzzler (2000) Can you come up with the missing four lines of this limerick?
Read Question      Read Answer

9-15	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Case of Melting Sorbet (2000) Couple is transporting sorbet to a wedding. What happened on the way?
Read Question      Read Answer

9-8	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Case of the Whacked Out Clock (2000) Can you figure out if the clock is broken?
Read Question      Read Answer

9-1	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Brass Bar Puzzler (1999) What was this building that Ray had entered that had this particular door?
Read Question      Read Answer

8-24	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Gastrointestinal Puzzler (1999) How did Ray take the correct dosage to ease his stomach trauma?
Read Question      Read Answer

8-17	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Manny the Miracle Worker (1999) How did Manny know how to fix her car without looking at it?
Read Question      Read Answer

8-11	ENCORE PUZZLER -- The Story of John and John (1998) How did John grow younger from 1982 to 1987?
Read Question      Read Answer

8-4	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Stop to Talk (1998) Why did the couple in the car only converse at redlights?
Read Question      Read Answer

7-28	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Frank's Party of Five (1998) How can half of Frank's five children be boys?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

7-7	ENCORE PUZZLER -- Gone Fishing (1996) How did the boy get on the bus with the fishing pole?
Read Question      Read Answer

6-30	False Positive Puzzler What is the percentage chance that you actually have the
Read Question      Read Answer

6-23	The Stakeout How did the policeman know that the "Big Kahuna" had arrived just by looking at the car parked outside?
Read Question      Read Answer

6-16	Magnifying Glass Mystery What item on the piece of paper was not enlarged by the magnifying glass?
Read Question      Read Answer

6-9	Hat in the River Puzzler What is the speed of the river current?
Read Question      Read Answer

6-2	Backwards Engine Enigma Why would anyone want or need an engine to run backwards?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

5-19	Captured Spy Puzzler What did the spy do that gave him away to the enemy?
Read Question      Read Answer

5-12	Rambler's Alternator Light Mystery What dashboard control made the alternator light go off?
Read Question      Read Answer

4-28	No Accidents Puzzler What time of year is the safest time to drive nationwide?
Read Question      Read Answer

4-21	Ray's Vacuum Cleaner Repair What purpose did the big hunk of lead serve in Ray's vacuum cleaner?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

4-7	The Lawnmower Mystery What changed to make the same lawn require more gas to mow?
Read Question      Read Answer

3-31	Building's Mysterious Name What type of product was sold in the building but could not be demo'ed there?
Read Question      Read Answer

3-17	American Pilot in France What gave away the pilot as an American in a room full of Frenchmen?
Read Question      Read Answer

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?
Read Question      Read Answer

3-3	What Do These Words Have in Common? What common "thing" links these very different words?
Read Question      Read Answer

2-26	The Blessing of the Trucks How did Tony get the trucks going with just a prayer?
Read Question      Read Answer

2-12	The Mango Tree with Seven Gates How many mangos must the man have to pay the seven guards?
Read Question      Read Answer

2-5 B	Following the City Bus Why does Ray look forward to following the bus?
Read Question      Read Answer

1-29	Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair What repair on Frank's car required a vacuum cleaner?
Read Question      Read Answer

1-8	Great Grasshopper Race Can a short-legged grasshopper beat his long-legged friend in a speed race?
Read Question      Read Answer

1-1	Rocco & Throckmorten Locked in the Trunk How could Throckmorton possibly have survived for hours
Read Question       Read Answer