Tic-Tac-Toe Loser
How many X’s can you place the most on a tic-tac-toe board without getting 3 X’s on a line?
SOLUTION
You can place 6 X’s without getting 3 X’s on a line, as shown below.
Difficulty: Easy
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Hidden Words Animals
Find all the hidden words in the grids.
SOLUTION
The solutions are shown below.
Bus Driver’s Age
Imagine you are driving a bus. At the first stop, 3 people get on the bus. At the second stop, 5 more get on. At the third stop, 2 get out and 4 get on. At the last stop, everybody gets out. How old is the bus driver?
SOLUTION
You are imagining the story, so the bus driver is as old as you.
Puzzle Sum 26
What animals do these sums spell?
SOLUTION
SCOOP – COOP + NAIL = SNAIL
FOWL – OWL + OX = FOX
All but Two
A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does the man have?
SOLUTION
The man has 3 daughters; one blonde, one brunette, and one redhead.
Two Sisters
We are two sisters, one is dark and one is fair,
In two towers dwelling, we are quite the pair,
One is from land and one is from sea,
Now tell us truly, who are we?
SOLUTION
The answer is SALT AND PEPPER.
Puzzle Sum 25
What coin does this sum spell?
What number does this sum spell?
SOLUTION
DOLL + ARROW + BOAT – ROW BOAT = DOLLAR
FOWL – OWL + ORANGE – RANGE + URCHIN – CHIN = FOUR
US Presidents
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
SOLUTION
They were the same person, Grover Cleveland.
Before Mount Everest
Before Mount Everest was discovered, which was the highest mountain in the world?
SOLUTION
It was still Mount Everest (even though not yet discovered).
Haystacks
You have 10 fields and keep 1 haystack in the first one, 2 haystacks in the second one, 3 haystacks in the third one and so on. How many haystacks will you have if you combine all of them in your first field?
SOLUTION
You will have one big haystack.