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Chicago to Des Moines

Last week, I travelled from Chicago to Des Moines. On the first day I travelled one quarter of the distance. On day two, I travelled one half of the remaining distance. On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance. Yesterday I travelled one third of the remaining distance. I now have 21 [...]

Digital Car

What car is represented below?

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Tough Choice

Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?

Parking Dilemma

Three cars had driven into a parking lot at the exact same time. All drivers left their cars to the attendant to park. Unfortunately, he isn’t too good at remembering exactly which driver drove what car. However, he is sure of 6 facts:

1. Collin drove the Mustang only if Mr. Cooper drove the Expedition.

2. Alan [...]

Hidden Cars

In this conundrum, your job is to try and discover the car model within each sentence.

The model is hiding in the consecutive letters within a sentence.

Example: This recipe calls for only one onion.

Answer: Neon (oNE ONion)

1. The zookeeper gave the chimp a large banana.

2. The police had the home of the pyromaniac cordoned off.

3. There [...]

Train Drain

On my local railway track there is a tunnel which is 5 miles long. A train, which was 440 yards long, entered the tunnel at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How long did it take for the whole of the train to pass completely through the tunnel?

Grumpy Old Men

Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. However, Mr. Grumper’s watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so he adjusted his watch by putting it forward 3 [...]

Weird Accident

My 1982 Toyota Celica rear-ended another vehicle. The other vehicle was stationary at the instant of the accident. My car was unoccupied at the time of the accident. I was a passenger in the other vehicle when it was struck by my car. The accident was the other vehicle’s fault and their insurance paid for [...]

Leaky Car

A car travels at a steady speed of 45 mph. Its fuel consumption is 30 miles to the gallon. It has a 15-gallon gas tank, which was full when the car started off. But at the very moment the car begins to move at 45 mph, the gas tank begins to leak fuel.

After 225 miles, [...]

Does it go in reverse?

Which vehicle is spelled the same back wards and forwards?