2002 Puzzlers

12-21	PUZZLER: In a Flash of Light Why couldn't the shore patrol see the light signals?
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12-14	PUZZLER: Cruisin' to Grandma's House Why did it take longer to get home than the "average speed" would indicate?
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12-7	PUZZLER: Crusty's Exhaustive Brake Job How could the exhaust system be affecting the brakes on the vacationing school teacher's car?
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11-30	PUZZLER: North by South Test How does the car end up south of its starting point?
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11-23	PUZZLER: Records for Sale What happened to the $1 on the second sale day?
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11-16	PUZZLER: Car Trip Trigonometry Who drove the farthest: Tom or Ray? And by how many miles?
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11-9	PUZZLER: Average Salary Scramble How will the employees compute their average salaries without the high/low amounts AND without revealing their salaries to each other?
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11-2	PUZZLER: Spy Games with Buttons How did they change the buttons so that the Nazi spies could not open them?
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10-26	PUZZLER: Tales from the New Hampshire Woods Did Ray install a bad fuel pump...or was there some other reason for the car's stalling?
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10-19	PUZZLER: Tommy's Tick-Tock Troubles How did Tommy accurately set his home clock after his trip to the barber shop?
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10-12	PUZZLER: Cell Phone Circuitry Why did the cell phone not charge off the car cigarette lighter and cause warning lights instead?
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10-5	PUZZLER: Cube Calendar Quandary How can you represent all days of the month on the sides of the two cubes?
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9-28	PUZZLER: O Brother, Where Art Thou Mix Up Why did Everett's question to the hobos not make sense?
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9-21	PUZZLER: The Principal Fix How did the high school principal fix the election?
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9-14	ENCORE PUZZLER: Ray's Vacuum Cleaner Repair What did removing the iron chunk make the vacuum cleaner do?
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9-7	ENCORE PUZZLER: Building's Mysterious Name (2001) What did the company sell that it could not demonstrate in the building?
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8-31	ENCORE PUZZLER: The Blessing of the Trucks (2001) How did Tony's blessing make the trucks to start?
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8-24	ENCORE PUZZLER: The Great Grasshopper Race (2001) Which grasshopper won the race, and why?
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8-17	ENCORE PUZZLER: The Putrid Puzzler (2000) What car part is currently made of a mixture of steel wool, iron and bronze?
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8-10	ENCORE PUZZLER: German Fan Belt (2000) How did the engineers make the fan belt last twice as long?
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8-3	ENCORE PUZZLER: Camping with Water (2000) How can you use a 13-gallon jug and a 7-gallon jug to accurately measure 2 gallons of water?
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7-27	ENCORE PUZZLER: Emission Mission (1998) Why was Ray's mechanic testing the emissions on both Camrys...and why didn't they both start?
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7-20	ENCORE PUZZLER: Insta-Lawn (1999) If one grass plug can grow an entire lawn in 30 days, on what day would you stop two grass plugs?
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7-13	ENCORE PUZZLER: String Series, Number A (1999) How do you measure 15 minutes with two strings that take one hour to burn?
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7-6	ENCORE PUZZLER: Slippin' and Slidin' (1999) What adjustment did Ray's neighbor make to his engine compartment to get his VW Microbus up the steep, icy driveway?
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6-29	PUZZLER: Free Anniversary Dinner Why did the restaurant owner not believe the couple was celebrating their anniversary that day?
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6-22	PUZZLER: Denied Drink Dilemma What had changed to force the waitress to deny the young man a drink four hours later?
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6-15	PUZZLER: Sinister 710 Cap What part did the boy's sketch reveal to the parts store personnel?
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6-8	PUZZLER: MAP Sensor Mystery How did Ray get the part delivered to his shop the next morning?
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6-1	PUZZLER: Bedouins Breaking Bread How did the magistrate recommend that the two bedouins divide the money?
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5-25	PUZZLER: Cop Stop Conundrum How did the police officer know that the car had been driven during the past six months?
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5-18	PUZZLER: Do-It-Yourself Battery Jump How did Ray use the items at hand to get the energy from the generator to jump his car's battery?
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5-5	PUZZLER: Painting a Carousel Can Skip figure out the exact measurements to buy the right amount of paint?
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4-27	PUZZLER: $4.59/Gallon Gas What did Ray see on the lift in the gas station that explained the high cost of fuel?
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4-20	PUZZLER: Car of the Future What 1936 make and model car that could go 100 mph is still available for sale today?
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4-13	PUZZLER: "Whose Fault" Accident What vehicle was hit by a stationary car and still managed to be at fault in the accident?
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4-6	PUZZLER: Holiday Weekday Daze In what recent year did Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on different days of the week?
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3-16	PUZZLER: One for the Ages How could the little girl's father and grandfather be the same age?
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3-9	PUZZLER: Dashboard Definition How did the dashboard get its name?
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3-2	PUZZLER: Missionaries Missing Starter Mystery How did the missionaries get back on the road?
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2-23	PUZZLER: Red Card, Green Card Should Tommy take the bet?
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2-16	PUZZLER: More Matchstick Mathematics What one move of the matchstick will make the equation equal 4?
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2-9	PUZZLER: The Spark Hits the Fan How did the guys get a spark when all current to the fan had been disconnected?
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2-2	PUZZLER: The Hat Series Goes to Jail What was Crusty's solution AND why did the guys have to draw straws?
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1-26	PUZZLER: Digital Watch Dilemma Why was the lunch counter not open for business at noon?
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1-19	PUZZLER: Where are All the Billionaires in England? Why does England have no billionaires?
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1-12	PUZZLER: Quonset Hut Quandary What mistake was embedded in the information that was being sent to the fighter pilots?
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1-5	PUZZLER: High Speed Chase How could Ned tell that the yellow convertible they were chasing was the wrong car?
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