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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