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I’m reluctant to call these “Answers” – if you came up with one you like better, fine!!  These simply represent the ‘best’ ones I’ve heard[…]

Page taken from A Whack On The Side Of The Head, by Roger von Oech.    

Added 8/24: 5.  Find a three-digit perfect cube whose digits add to a perfect square.  (Hint: there aren’t many possibilities.) 6. (Have I done this one[…]

1.  Loaded Questions, Part 2.   More not-as-easy-as-they-might- look questions.  Think twice. a.   Who said “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.”?[…]

1.  Loaded Questions, Part 1.  (more in future BTs)  These are not as easy as they look.  Think twice. a.   Adam and Eve were banished[…]

1.  How are the following numbers arranged?    2   3   6   7   1   9   4   5   8 2.[…]

1.  “I guarantee”, said the pet salesman, “that this parrot will repeat every word it hears.”  A customer bought the parrot but found it would[…]

 It CAN be done!  🙂

1.  What’s a good method to solve this problem mentally?   (2015 + 2015) x 50  (Note:  “good” is subjective, and there could be more[…]

NEW THIS WEEK: 1.  How many three digit numbers consist of only odd digits?  Is the answer the same for even digits? 2.  Why/when is[…]