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Mice Twice Thrice

Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born.

You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought [...]

The Elephant in the Room

This is a real story from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” which happened in ancient China almost 2000 years ago:

One day, Sun Quan gave king Cao Cao an elephant as a present. Cao Cao was very pleased and he rushed to see the arrival of the elephant with his seven year old son and his [...]

Crossing Guard

You have a fox, a chicken and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one of them at a time. If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it; if you leave the chicken with the grain he will eat it. How can you get all three across [...]

Spunky Monkey

A weightless and perfectly flexible rope is hung over a weightless, frictionless pulley attached to the roof of a building. At one end is a weight which exactly counterbalances a monkey at the other end. If the monkey begins to climb, what will happen to the weight – will it remain stationary, will it rise [...]

Wacka-Mole

If one small mole can dig a mole hole in nine hours, a medium mole can dig a mole hole in 6 hours and a large mole can dig a mole hole in four and a half hours. How long will it take one small, one medium and one large mole to dig a mole [...]

Zoo Heads

During a recent trip to the zoo I found an area which had both zebras and pelicans. I counted 43 heads and 120 feet, how many of each were there?

Turkducken

Can you decipher this rebus puzzle? It’s a common phrase.

Cluck, Cluck
Quack, Quack
Gobble, Gobble

Tribbles

Evil Tribbles may look cute, but they can really make a loud noise when they ROAR!!!

A 1-foot tall Green Evil Tribble can register 10 GSU (Galactic Sound Units) on a sound-measuring device that is 5 feet away. Yellow Evil Tribbles are twice as loud, and Red Tribbles… THREE times as loud as their yellow counterparts!

So [...]

Tighter Spider

I am woven like a spider web,
but it is not flies that I am designed to ensnare.
My prey is wispy and immaterial.
I protect people from themselves
when they are at their most vulnerable.
What am I?

Sounds Fishy

Benny and Jimmy are buying 10 lbs of fish @ $10/lb, therefore the fisherman would get $100. But they want the fish cut in half because Benny wants the heads and Jimmy wants the just the body. the head section is worth only $3/lb while the body is worth $7/lb so Benny would pay 5 [...]

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