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Our Car Talk Puzzlers vary in difficulty. Some are confoundingly perplexing paradigms of puzzledom that are the subject of intense dialectical debate between Stephen Hawking and Bill Moyers. Other puzzlers come from the harmonica players Ray meets when he's hanging out in Harvard Square. These puzzlers fall into that first category — puzzlers that are so intricate, so convoluted and so obfuscated that they're sure to start the smoke pouring of your cranium. Good luck — and let us know how you did!
Tom and Ray Magliozzi P.S. If you don't understand our explanation of the answer, drop us a note. With currency attached. |
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An Age-Old Question about a Ship and Its Boiler A ship and its boiler have a combined age of 42 years. The ship is twice as old as the boiler was when the ship was as old as the boiler is now. How old are they? |
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Lost Wages in Vegas You could write an algebraic expression to answer this puzzler. So we did. |
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The Monty Hall Puzzler Should you keep the box you've selected, or change? Find out which is to your advantage. |
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Send more money. But, how much? "Send + More = Money" equals... just how many dinero? See if you can figure it out. |
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Whole Lotta Hand Shakin' Goin' On Get this! We have a very special, graphic answer to this rather confounding puzzler. Check it out over here. |
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Glass of Water Puzzler What is the fewest number of steps needed to accurately measure 6 ounces of water? Only Associate Producer Louie Cronin could solve this classic conundrum in eight steps! |
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Three Slips of Paper Puzzler If you like diagrams, this puzzler answer is for you. |
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Magic Hat Puzzler Vinnie and Tommy go head to head in this brainy beast. |
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Evil King Berman and the Three Boxes Radio Show Producer Doug Berman reveals his true self in this puzzler of mystery and intrigue. |
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The Antonym Puzzler... Explained Words with double meanings are explored in this classic puzzler. |
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