Category: Various Answers

SUMMARY: Solutions & Solvers – May/June ’20 BTs

REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! What kind of cheese is made backwards? 🙂 Edam. Frank Green, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale, Barbara Blue What word begins and ends with ‘e’, but only has one letter? Envelope. Frank…
SUMMARY: Solutions & Solvers – Mar/Apr ’20 BTs

REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! (An old classic!) Your unorganized sock drawer contains 18 white socks and 18 blue socks. How many times do you need to reach inside the drawer and take…
SUMMARY: Solutions & Solvers – Jan/Feb ’20 BTs

REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! What is the value of this fraction? (6 – 9 x 7) / (6 + 4 x 3) -57/18, or -3 1/6. (Don’t forget order of operations.) Frank Green,…
Summary: Solutions & Solvers – Fall ’19 BTs

Fall ’19 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! I recently cleaned out my MSU ‘Emeritus’ office (whew!). I found two items tacked to a bulletin board. One was Hampton’s Travel…
Summary: Solutions and Solvers: Summer ’23 (and ’19) BTs

Summer ’23 (and ’19) Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! A man is walking his three dogs when he meets his brother who is walking his two dogs. How many…
Summary: Solutions & Solvers – Mar/Apr/May 19

Mar – May ’19 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! NOTE: Solvers of at least one BT: Frank Green, Kathy Gordon, Rita Barger, Don Hayes, Amy Ragsdale, Jennifer Steele, Alexis…
Summary: Solutions & Solvers – Jan/Feb 19 BTs

Jan/Feb ’19 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! (An oldie-but-goodie! Too easy?) I have two coins that add up to 55 cents, but one of them is not a nickel. …
Summary, Solvers, and Solutions: Nov/Dec ’18 BTs

Sep/Oct ’18 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, please feel free to ask! 1. Check out this Krazy Pic from the 10/29 mailing. Why do we know this picture probably came from Great Britain, say, rather…
Summary, Solvers, & Solutions: Sep/Oct BTs

Sep/Oct ’18 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! I What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? They were all invented by women. Other answers (like ‘all two words’) taken also. Frank…
Summary, Solutions, & Solvers – Jul/Aug BTs

July/August ’18 Brain Teasers – SUMMARY REMINDER: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions.) Comments in green. For further elaboration, feel free to ask! 1. A customer in a restaurant found a dead fly in his coffee. He sent the waiter back for a fresh cup. After a sip he shouted “This…